A Hundred Robots Are Running A Bio Lab - by Jolie Gan

kept by eddie apr 24

Medra operates a bio lab run by a hundred robots that autonomously perform pharmaceutical experiments, aiming to accelerate drug discovery.

Uneven Frontiers (via @BenjamineYLiu)
AI will transform biopharma unevenly, with drug discovery changing sooner than later-stage clinical development.
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This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Scientists used AI to design novel viral genomes from DNA libraries, resulting in 16 viable synthetic viruses not found in nature.
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Not For Human Consumption - by Somewhere - Vectorculture
Grey market peptides have built a parallel pharmaceutical infrastructure under the thinnest regulatory pretense, revealing a cultural contradiction beyond weight loss.
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AGI Will Set Off an Industrial Explosion - AI Frontiers
If AI achieves human-level cognitive ability, it could automate physical production via robotics, enabling an economy where output doubles roughly every year through self-reinforcing investment.
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How long until AI doesn’t need humans? - Asterisk Magazine
Ajeya Cotra forecasts AI self-sufficiency within 10 years; Timothy B. Lee gives a 50-year median, debating robotics, tacit knowledge, and profit incentives.
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