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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. Robot Scientist = Terminator by starvingcodeartist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "It's a neural net processor...a learning machine." How far away can Skynet be?

  2. Re:It's first invention by CalvinWeb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "I think, therefore I am..."
    what happens if it becomes self-aware ?

    "Are you Sarah Connor ?"