Researchers tried to build an autonomous scientist with AI. How'd it go?

They taught GPT-4 to generate and test hypotheses without human guidance.

Researchers attempted to build a fully autonomous AI researcher. It didn't quite work the way they wanted it to.

Since the earliest days of artificial intelligence research in the 1950s, a central goal has been to develop AI systems capable of independently conducting scientific research and advancing knowledge, just as human scientists do. Achieving thi…