Scientific Acceleration - Bryant McGill

# Scientific Acceleration **Scientific Acceleration** is the increase in the rate at which hypotheses, designs, experiments and discoveries can be generated, evaluated and translated into further research. ## Machine intelligence AI can accelerate science through pattern discovery, simulation, literature synthesis, experimental design, coding and search across large possibility spaces. Acceleration remains dependent on evidence, instrumentation, validation and domain judgment; faster production of candidates is not identical to faster production of truth. ## Inflection point The [[wiki/Royal Society|Royal Society]] describes recent AI progress as potentially marking an inflection point for science. [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] places that acceleration inside the broader transformation of cognition. ## See Also [[wiki/Machine Intelligence Inflection Point|Machine Intelligence Inflection Point]], [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]], [[wiki/Superintelligence|Superintelligence]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts  > “The unprecedented speed and scale of progress with artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years suggests society may be living through an inflection point.” > **— the Royal Society**, *2024, Science in the Age of AI* [[reminders/Scientific Acceleration/AI Progress May Mark an Inflection Point by the Royal Society|AI Progress May Mark an Inflection Point by the Royal Society]] > “Such superintelligence would not be just another technological development; it would be the most important invention ever made, and would lead to explosive progress in all scientific and technological fields, as the superintelligence would conduct research with superhuman efficiency.” > **— Nick Bostrom**, *2003, Ethical Issues in Advanced Artificial Intelligence* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Superintelligence Would Be the Most Important Invention Ever Made by Nick Bostrom|Superintelligence Would Be the Most Important Invention Ever Made by Nick Bostrom]]