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Scientists Invent Scientist

Posted by michael on from the working-yourself-out-of-a-job dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From the Boston Globe: 'Researchers said yesterday that they have created the world's first robotic scientist, a system that can form theories, devise experiments, and then carry out the experiments almost entirely without human help.' Now, if it could file patents and lawsuits, it would be ready to enter today's world of technology."

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  1. Hope it likes curried oil by jazman · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Brilliant. Now R+D can be shipped out to India as well, with the usual complexity of scientific research reduced to when to change a machine's oil.