AI cracked superbacterial problems in two days, which took years to scientists

A complex problem has allowed microbiologists to reach the bottom in a decade, and in just two days, new artificial intelligence (AI) tools are solved.

Professor Josér Penadés and his team at Imperial College London spent many years and demonstrated why some super bacteria are immune to antibiotics.

He gave the “co-scientist” – a tool made by Google – a brief tip asking the core questions he had been investigating and came to the same conclusion within 48 hours.

When he found out that his research was not published, he was shocked by the BBC’s shock, so the AI ​​system was not found in the public domain.

“I was shopping with someone and I said, ‘Please leave me alone for an hour, I need to digest this,” he told The Today on BBC Radio Four.

He added: “I wrote an email to Google and said ‘You can access my computer, right?'”

The tech giant confirmed that it did not.

The full decade spent by scientists also includes the time it takes to demonstrate the research itself for years.

But they say it would save years of work if they had assumptions at the beginning of the project.

Professor Penadés said the tool actually does more than just successfully copy his research.

“It’s not just the highest assumption they provide that is the right assumption,” he said.

“This is they offer four more, and all of them make sense.

“For one of them, we never thought about it, and now we are working on it.”

Troubled by super bacteria

Researchers have been trying to figure out how some super bacteria, dangerous bacteria that have antibiotics, are created.

Their hypothesis is that superbacteria can form tails from different viruses, allowing them to spread between species.

Professor Penadés likens it to superbs with “keys” that allow them to move from home to home, or host species to host species.

Crucially, this assumption is unique to the research team and has not been published anywhere else. No one on the team shared their findings.

So Mr. Penadés is happy to use it to test Google’s new AI tools.

Just two days later, AI came back to put forward some assumptions – the first thing that came to mind was the highest answer, and the suggested superbacteria might exactly follow his research description.

“This will change science”

The impact of artificial intelligence is fierce.

Its advocates say it will be able to achieve scientific progress — while others fear it will eliminate work.

Professor Penadés said he understands why people are worried about the impact on his work being a “first reaction” for people, but “when you consider it, you have a very powerful tool.”

He said the researchers on the project firmly believe that it will be very useful in the future.

“I think it will definitely change science,” Panardes said.

“I’m happy to be a part of it in terms of spectacular things.

“Like you have the chance to play in a big game – I feel like I finally played in the Champions League with this.”