{"id":133494,"date":"2025-09-10T19:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/133494\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T19:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:25:10","slug":"i-think-it-will-change-science-ai-just-did-in-2-days-what-researchers-took-10-years-to-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/133494\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I think it will change science,&#8221; AI just did in 2 days what researchers took 10 years to find"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a decade, scientists at Imperial College London worked to unravel how certain bacteria evolve into dangerous superbugs, resistant to antibiotics. Then came Google\u2019s new AI system, Co-scientist. In just 48 hours, it generated the exact same hypothesis\u2014stunning the team and raising big questions about the future of research.<\/p>\n<p>When Jos\u00e9 R. Penad\u00e9s, one of the lead researchers, saw the results, he was so shocked he emailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futura-sciences.com\/en\/when-ai-lacks-discernment-study-reveals-cognitive-biases-in-large-language-models_19293\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> to ask if they had hacked his computer. They hadn\u2019t. The AI had simply combed through vast amounts of data and reached the same conclusion\u2014at lightning speed.<\/p>\n<p>Co-scientist could have saved years of work<\/p>\n<p>Of course, a big part of those ten years was proving the hypothesis\u2014something AI can\u2019t shortcut. But had they started with the right lead, the team estimates they could have saved years. Even more impressive, Co-scientist generated four additional, entirely plausible hypotheses. One of them was completely new to the scientists, and they now plan to investigate it further.<\/p>\n<p>This is where AI shows its strength. While prone to occasional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futura-sciences.com\/en\/the-silent-sign-of-dementia-often-mistaken-for-simple-fatigue_19332\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hallucinations<\/a>, systems like Co-scientist can process massive collections of research papers and uncover connections that would take humans far longer to piece together.<\/p>\n<p>A tool to accelerate\u2014not replace\u2014scientists<\/p>\n<p>Some worry AI could replace human jobs. But others, including Penad\u00e9s, see it as a way to accelerate research, freeing scientists to focus on the most critical parts of discovery. \u201cI think this will change science, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m seeing something spectacular, and I\u2019m thrilled to be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s Co-scientist may not replace the painstaking work of proof, but by surfacing strong hypotheses in days instead of years, it could reshape the pace of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futura-sciences.com\/en\/a-unique-geological-discovery-shakes-the-global-market_18181\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scientific discovery<\/a>\u2014and change how humanity tackles its biggest challenges.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futura-sciences.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Edward-Back.avif\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>                <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t        Edward Back                <\/p>\n<p>\n    Journalist    <\/p>\n<p>My passion for programming began with my very first computer, an Amstrad CPC 6128. I started coding in Basic, then moved on to Turbo Pascal on a 286, eventually exploring more modern languages including web development. I\u2019m also deeply interested in science, which led me to attend a math-focused preparatory program. Later, I studied psychology with a focus on the cognitive aspects of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757265309_401_auteur-fs-100x100.webp.webp\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"author-fs\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/>                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For a decade, scientists at Imperial College London worked to unravel how certain bacteria evolve into dangerous superbugs,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[256,254,255,64,63,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-133494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}