The Autonomous Laboratory: Why AI Agents, Not AlphaFold, Will Deliver the True Revolution in Scientific Discovery

By the Editorial Science Desk Special Report based on analysis by Eric Schmidt, Suhas Mahesh, and Maya Levin Executive Overview For over a century, recurring prophecies have signaled the impending completion of human scientific endeavor. In 1903, the celebrated physicist Albert Michelson declared with absolute confidence that the "facts of physical science have all been…

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The Agentic Shift: Why AI Agents, Not Another AlphaFold, Will Define the Future of Science

Executive Overview Every few decades, a collective hubris sweeps through the global scientific community, prompting prominent figures to declare that humanity has finally mapped the outer boundaries of knowledge. In 1903, revered physicist Albert Michelson famously asserted in his light-wave treatises that all the fundamental "facts of physical science have all been discovered." By the…

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