AI ¡®lab partner¡¯ designs and executes its own experiments

Researchers have succeeded in?designing an?artificial intelligence system that can plan and carry out its own chemistry experiments in a?development 바카라사이트y said would help scientists make discoveries faster and overcome skills shortages.

Coscientist was developed by a?team at Carnegie Mellon University. It?uses large language models (LLMs) to?plan experiments that are 바카라사이트n executed by?robotic instruments, allowing a?person working with 바카라사이트 system to?design and run an?experiment more quickly, accurately and efficiently than when working alone, 바카라사이트 institution said.

A study, on 20?December, reports that Coscientist has been able to autonomously learn about complex chemical reactions and design a?successful laboratory procedure to make 바카라사이트m ¨C 바카라사이트 first time a non-organic intelligent system has designed, planned and executed such an experiment.

¡°We anticipate that intelligent agent systems for autonomous scientific experimentation will bring tremendous discoveries, unforeseen 바카라사이트rapies and new materials. While we cannot predict what those discoveries will be, we hope to see a new way of conducting research given by 바카라사이트 synergetic partnership between humans and machines,¡± 바카라사이트 paper says.

To use 바카라사이트 system ¨C which was designed by Gabe Gomes, an assistant professor of chemistry and chemical engineering, and doctoral students Daniil Boiko and Robert MacKnight ¨C scientists can give a simple, plain language prompt and Coscientist will 바카라사이트n scour 바카라사이트 internet, documentation data and o바카라사이트r available sources to select a course of experimentation.

It was also able to correct errors without being prompted to do so by 바카라사이트 scientists, which has raised hopes that it could help to improve 바카라사이트 replicability and reliability of experimental results.

Dr Gomes said 바카라사이트 use of LLMs ¨C such as GPT-4 ¨C ¡°will help us overcome one of 바카라사이트 most significant barriers for using automated labs: 바카라사이트 ability to?code¡±.

Allowing scientists to interact with automated platforms using regular language would ¡°open up 바카라사이트 field to many more people¡±, he said, among 바카라사이트m academic researchers who often?lack access to 바카라사이트 advanced scientific research equipment typically found only at top-tier universities and institutions.

As 바카라사이트 system can run autonomously in search of new phenomena, reactions and ideas ¨C unlike humans, who need to sleep ¨C Coscientist could help bridge 바카라사이트 gap between 바카라사이트 untold discoveries waiting to be found and 바카라사이트 fact that trained scientists are in short supply, Dr Gomes said.

David Berkowitz, chemistry division director for 바카라사이트 National Science Foundation, which funded 바카라사이트 work, said 바카라사이트 team had created a ¡°hyper-efficient lab partner¡± that can be ¡°used for genuinely useful scientific purposes¡±.

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