Anthropic sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program

Re:Anthropic sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program by bcks on Friday September 18, 2026 @06:17AM (#49752277)

What could go wrong?

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Re:Anthropic sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program by jimmiles on Friday September 18, 2026 @08:01AM (#49753150)

"The startup wants to push how its Claude AI can direct robotic units to carry out science experiments with limited human intervention..."

Why? Why??? Isn't this one area you'd want extreme human intervention? I'm not against trying out new research tools. I just wonder why you'd want to allow the tools to work autonomously?

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Re:Anthropic sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program by fwlr on Friday September 18, 2026 @10:03AM (#49754573)

So that you can get rid of all the expensive human lab techs

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Re:Anthropic sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program by alyeska2 on Friday September 18, 2026 @05:22PM (#49760420)

> Why? Why???

To find cures for diseases faster, find new ways to produce useful chemicals, find ways to make crops resilient against changing climate, etc

> Isn't this one area you'd want extreme human intervention?

No? There are an essentially infinite number of potentially useful experiments that could be run that have no risk or downside. It's not like they're doing this in a BSL-4 lab mutating smallpox.

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