> Our machines are still incapable of independently coming up with a thought or hypothesis, testing it against others and accepting or rejecting its validity ba

> Our machines are still incapable of independently coming up with a thought or hypothesis, testing it against others and accepting or rejecting its validity based on reasoning and experimentation, i.e. following the core principles of the scientific method. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/robots-adam-and-eve-ai/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/robots-adam-and-e... A prime example of this is "Adam," an autonomous mini laboratory that uses computers, robotics and lab equipment to conduct scientific experiments, automatically generate hypotheses to explain the resulting data, test these hypotheses, and then interpret the results.