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E48: Agents4Science - AI Scientists: Rebellion Against Nature, Science & Cell | Your R&D Team is Obsolete


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Your R&D department costs 500,000€ for 6 months. AI scientists deliver in 1 week for 15,000€. While you're automating emails, Stanford's AI just published in Nature.

Breaking down:

  • The Agents4Science Rebellion: October 22, 2025 - First AI-only scientific conference | Middle finger to Nature, Science, Cell | AI authors, AI peer review | Stanford's James Zou leads the revolution | "Hold my Python script and watch"
  • The Virtual Lab that Shocked Stanford: AI team autonomously chose nanobodies for COVID | Stayed UNDER budget (humans never do) | Strategic reasoning that stunned researchers | Published in Nature (who banned AI authors) | From idea to publication: fully autonomous
  • The Automotive Supplier Wake-Up Call: Malcolm visits client: "We want AI for emails" | They have complete materials research department | Testing alloys, developing coatings, optimizing crystals | Using 1000 McKinsey consultants for copying | Your competition runs 50 AI scientists RIGHT NOW
  • The 20-Minute Human vs AI Test: Give both same research problem | Human: Takes notes, forgets half | AI: Deep research, 5 solutions, cost analysis | Result: "Solution 4 interesting, never thought of that" | Your researchers don't believe in AI - involve Marketing/Sales instead
  • The Crawl-Walk-Run Implementation: Week 1: Replace ONE repetitive research task | Month 1: 2-day AI hackathon, 15k€ budget, young teams only | Month 3: Scale winning solution across departments | Traditional: 6 months, 500k€ | AI: 1 week, 15k€
  • The German Reality Check: Siemens, Bosch, DFKI already ALL-IN | KPMG testing AI agents for consulting | Beiersdorf: AI product development | You: "But data protection..." | Your competition: Already running 100 parallel projects

The Daughter Question: "Dad, where were you when the AI scientists came?" | "We were afraid of errors" OR "We led the rebellion" | James Zou: "Errors aren't bugs, they're features" | AI remembers every mistake forever | Humans make the same mistake 100 times

Hackathon Recipe: Friday 2pm - Sunday 6pm | 8-10 teams | Central question: "How do we solve X with ONLY AI?" | Pizza, coffee, one rule: 80% automated minimum | Winner: 10,000€ | Your CFO will love the ROI

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The AI Cookbook: AI Tools | Enterprise AI | LeadershipBy Malcolm Werchota