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grahag t1_iy57jl0 wrote

Reply to comment by Alternative_Note_406 in AI invents millions of materials that don’t yet exist. "Transformative tool" is already being used in the hunt for more energy-dense electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. by SoulGuardian55

In 10 to 20 years? You'll be right at the outside edge of being useful. AI Will be simulating combinations and interactions much faster than you'll be able to come up with in a lab. Chances are good you'll still be putting those combinations in practice if we don't have some sort of automated chemical/bioreactor going by then, but it'd be on the near horizon for sure.

Just about ANY career which might rely on easily simulated "what ifs" will be not quite obsolete, but relegated to an "assistant" position where the AI will tell you what chemicals to mix at what temperatures and for how long and you'll do that and be closely monitored.

Same goes for software developers, lawyers, doctors, accountants, etc. With any luck it'll be more collaborative, but chances are good, we'll just be the monkey pressing the buttons and flipping the switches.

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Numinak t1_iy58llw wrote

I await the day we start to emulate the Jetsons!

Arg! My button pushing finger is sore!

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visarga t1_iy5bkiu wrote

> chances are good, we'll just be the monkey pressing the buttons

What a lack of imagination. What would you do if you had materials with amazing properties? What would you apply AI next to? The work is just starting.

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grahag t1_iy5o6j3 wrote

I'm pretty sure AI's are creating laundry lists for materials scientists to run through.

Conductivity and insulation are two that would change the world if we can make them of the "super" variety at room temperature at an inexpensive price and simple methods.

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