Pssht, The BioAutoMATED Thingamajig

Ah, Another Day, Another Ridiculous Tech Thingy

Our dear so-called scientists have come up with this brainchild they call ‘BioAutoMATED’. It’s an open-source, automated machine-learning platform supposedly built to “democratize” artificial intelligence for research labs. I mean, what’s next? AI taking over the world? Humans becoming obsolete?

Implications of this ‘Genius’ Invention

The implications of this ‘innovation’ are just as predictable as the next pop song. So, this BioAutoMATED hoopla is aimed at opening the AI stage to more labs, to improve their accuracy and productivity like the good little machines they are. Essentially, it’s one more instance of our obsession with replacing human flaw and unpredictability with cold, soulless automation. Although it’s touted as a pathway to greater precision and speed in research, it’s also an invitation to miss out on the richness of data interpretation that comes with human analysis.

My ‘Hot Take’, If You Must Know

Here it is, the moment you’ve all been waiting for – my stupendously sarcastic ‘hot take’. What an absolute gem of an idea! Yet another way we’re outsourcing our brains to machines because why have a perfectly good cranium if we’re not going to use it, right? It wouldn’t be a colossal surprise if AI turned out to be more intelligent, diligent, and creative than us one day. Oh, wait! It is! So, congrats on another step towards rendering human intelligence irrelevant. Beautiful work, truly.

Original article:https://news.mit.edu/2023/bioautomated-open-source-machine-learning-platform-for-research-labs-0706