Anthropic 的 AI 發現了一個模式,但它真的是發現嗎
anthropic 的 ai 代理發現了一個以前未被編入目錄的酶相關模式,但生物學家質疑這是否算作發現。 這引發了人們對 ai 在科學發現中的作用的擔憂。
anthropic's molecular biology lab announced its first discovery: ai agents flagged a previously uncatalogued pattern surrounding an enzyme. the pattern is reminiscent of what led to the gene-editing technology crispr. however, biologists questioned whether merely finding the pattern amounts to a discovery. some noted that their own teams had already discovered the same pattern, raising questions about whether anthropic's system learned from previous research. this incident highlights the challenges of defining ai's role in scientific discovery and the potential for misinterpretation.