X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.25a (ClamAV 1.2.1/27232) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=simple/simple; d=cni.org; s=mail; bh=tRpIPX+3wvBtSTepKKco/bdC4mpHT0VjdUzXTWhVC/0=; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Subject:From:Message-ID :Date:To:Sender; b=l8UaoKZn7hpnIU0tN0/bM8E5XuUM+NClqjrPOfFcWvf6XPZ6Br04qD5fCQ zQ6+aUInnEPW9FswLN/X7WtO+SkOFrxVfDA+KC4mVTezIaYXVEwhrYOrxaspe1tOmyXGQZoSZ+Bwn eHDrMdpCJ7SzRweQnj6zsEGVPQnU6nM6A0I8= Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:15:30 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [69.248.123.21] (account clifford@cni.org HELO [192.168.50.169]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 7.1.4) with ESMTPSA id 41871314 for cni-announce@cni.org; Mon, 01 Apr 2024 23:17:35 -0400 X-Original-Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 23:17:35 -0400 From: Cliff Lynch X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org X-Original-Message-ID: <20240401231735521764.053c7ef1@cni.org> Subject: Dan Cohen: Is Science Becoming Conceptual Art? (Humane Ingenuity 52) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: GyazMail version 1.7.1 At the recent CNI meeting in San Diego Dan Cohen of Northeastern University contributed a provocative and insightful comment at a session on Cloud Labs and the future role of Ai and self-driving labs in scientific discovery, asking if we may see senior scientists taking on roles akin to conceptual artists in an emerging world where graduate students and post-docs are increasingly scarce and expensive, and computer driven experimental apparatus becomes more commonplace. In his wonderful occasional newsletter Humane Ingenuity highly recommended: (see the link for information on how to subscribe) Dan has recently fleshed out his thoughts on this topic. Important reading. https://newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/humane-ingenuity-52-is-science-becoming-conceptual-art/ Clifford Lynch Director, CNI