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19 hours agoHuman scientists trounce the best AI agents on complex tasks
The number of natural science publications mentioning AI grew nearly 30-fold from 2010 to 2025, indicating rapid adoption by scientists.
"Scientia potestas est Knowledge is power!" That phrase was coined by English philosopher Sir Francis Bacon at the end of the 16th century, when England was one of the world's leading empires, both in terms of science and power politics. It was Bacon's aim to point out to his contemporaries that knowledge is of strategic use a motto that's still valid today.