My friend who is an organic chemist laughs at the idea of AI doing any R&D.
That seems very strange, given the extremely high profile of things like AlphaFold. There’s no way he hasn’t heard of it, so what did he say about it when talking with you about AI?
He thinks it’s a cool narrow tool, but not an indication that it’s possible to create one AI that surpasses all humans at everything, including asking questions that humans never asked before. I guess I misrepresented his opinion somewhat (I just edited my quick take). He thinks AI can help with some narrow tasks, but human touch will always be necessary for other things, especially for open-ended research. Btw, he’s not concerned about losing his job.
That seems very strange, given the extremely high profile of things like AlphaFold. There’s no way he hasn’t heard of it, so what did he say about it when talking with you about AI?
He thinks it’s a cool narrow tool, but not an indication that it’s possible to create one AI that surpasses all humans at everything, including asking questions that humans never asked before. I guess I misrepresented his opinion somewhat (I just edited my quick take). He thinks AI can help with some narrow tasks, but human touch will always be necessary for other things, especially for open-ended research. Btw, he’s not concerned about losing his job.