AI System 'Coscientist' Conducts Autonomous Chemistry Experiment
Carnegie Mellon's breakthrough AI uses large language models to automate scientific research, plans to be utilized in university's upcoming cloud lab.
- Coscientist, an AI system developed by Carnegie Mellon University, has autonomously designed, planned, and executed a chemistry experiment for the first time.
- The system uses large language models, including OpenAI's GPT-4 and Anthropic's Claude, to execute the full range of the experimental process with a simple, plain language prompt.
- Coscientist can plan the chemical synthesis of known compounds, search and navigate hardware documentation, use documentation to execute high-level commands in an automated lab, control liquid handling instruments, complete scientific tasks that require the use of multiple hardware modules and diverse data sources, and solve optimization problems by analyzing previously collected data.
- The system also makes scientific research more accessible by allowing scientists to interact with automated platforms in natural language, eliminating the need for coding skills.
- Carnegie Mellon, in partnership with Emerald Cloud Lab, will open the first cloud lab at a university in early 2024, where Coscientist will be used.
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