THE NEXT BOTTLENECK IN AI FOR SCIENCE

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AI is speeding up individual research tasks, but the overall process of turning predictions into validated discoveries is still constrained. If AI is able to push science, it will also push economic growth, as a big part of economic growth is innovation and scientific discovery. Discovery is still constrained by the types of tasks that AI is not yet good at. This post looks at where the bottleneck is today, how that is evolving, and what impact this has on scientific research more broadly.