Artificial intelligence
Inside DARPA's search for an "autonomous scientist" to support its researchers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking AI research concepts from industry for the development of an "autonomous scientist".
The goal is to create a tool that can automate the process of scientific discovery and help human researchers develop new working theories.
DARPA's autonomous scientist should be able to generate unique scientific hypotheses, consider scalability and cost-reduction opportunities, and provide skeptical reasoning. [ more ]