Charting Science 3.0 to 4.0: AI and Robots to Autonomously Drive Research Within a Decade
DeryaTR_ · x · 2026-08-06
Researcher Derya outlined the evolutionary stages of scientific discovery. We are currently in the Science 3.0 era, characterized by active collaboration between human scientists and AI.
He predicts that within the next decade, we will enter Science 4.0, the final stage of scientific discovery. In this phase, AI and robots will independently automate the entire research process, making autonomous discoveries without human intervention.
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