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Teever02/19/20253 repliesview on HN

It sounds like you're suggesting that we need machines that mass produce things like automated pipetting machines and the robots that glue those sorts of machines together.


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1110101000110002/19/2025

This exists, but does not require AI, so there is no hype.

dekhn02/19/2025

Replacing a skilled technician is remarkably challenging. Often times, when you automate this, you just end up wasting a ton of resources rather than accelerating discovery. Often, simply integrating devices from several vendors (or even one vendor) takes months.

shpongled02/19/2025

They already exist, and we use them. They are not cheap though!

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