Interesting argumentation and viewpoints! You argue mainly from a technical and regulatory perspective and address the size of the incentive to automate from an economics perspective. One addition that will matter a lot and that you have not covered is the about the cost of automating.
A job, a project, or an autonomous lab is a bundle of tasks, be it drafting a proposal (e.g. as a .md file), getting physical and digital resources such as chemical fluids and cups, doing the experimentation, and then analyzing the results and putting them into a comprehensiv... (read more)
Interesting argumentation and viewpoints! You argue mainly from a technical and regulatory perspective and address the size of the incentive to automate from an economics perspective. One addition that will matter a lot and that you have not covered is the about the cost of automating.
A job, a project, or an autonomous lab is a bundle of tasks, be it drafting a proposal (e.g. as a .md file), getting physical and digital resources such as chemical fluids and cups, doing the experimentation, and then analyzing the results and putting them into a comprehensiv... (read more)