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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. It's first invention by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    will be to make something to do its work for it, just like the scientists did.

    1. Re:It's first invention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      Try'n think of a single invention that doesn't make a task easier or quicker.
      Linux.
  2. Related BBC Link by vbprisoner · · Score: 5, Informative

    Robot Scientist Proves it's worth

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    But I wore the juice
  3. bad idea? by Lehk228 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What happens when it decides that it's human masters are no longer needed and should be experimented on?

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    Snowden and Manning are heroes.
  4. Re:Hype... by TopShelf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think what they did was try and create an artificial person, but when they found the social skills element too challening, they just slapped a lab coat on it and called a "scientist"...

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  5. Nice variety of words in the title by manduwok · · Score: 5, Funny

    Science: Scientists Invent Scientist

    I predict that the next story will be:
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