Robot scientist finds most breast cancer studies aren't reproducible

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A robot scientist repeated experiments from 74 studies on breast cancer cells, and only 22 yielded the expected result, suggesting researchers may need to report their work more carefully

– or the ability for other researchers to replicate the results of experiments in their own labs – is a cornerstone of the scientific method, but it isn’t often put to the test. “There are unbelievable numbers of …App + Web.

– or the ability for other researchers to replicate the results of experiments in their own labs – is a cornerstone of the scientific method, but it isn’t often put to the test. “There are unbelievable numbers of …App + Web
 

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Most dangerous experiment that must be stopped immediately to avoid AI taking over US

This seems significant

Because there are so many factors that we do not take into consideration. From the order & shipping & environment. The data is almost always only one person analyzing.

We have robot scientists now?

and what sort of studies have supported that anyone should take robot scientist studies seriously? go ahead, we'll wait.

Robot scientist like wall-e or like t-800?

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