Automation won't accelerate science: measurement and interpretation are the bottleneck
fkasummer · x · 2026-10-27
The author pushes back on the "automation as a path to accelerating science" narrative:
- Very little scientific work is bound by efficient cause, so speeding it up doesn't address the real bottleneck
- A credible path must improve measurement, interpretation, construction, and observation
- All of these are difficult to automate
A contrarian but substantive argument in the AI-for-science debate.
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