Seems you're burying the Lede in your post - yes, AIs aren't scientists. What can be said about scientists and bodies is interesting but ultimately irrelevant.

Seems you're burying the Lede in your post - yes, AIs aren't scientists. What can be said about scientists and bodies is interesting but ultimately irrelevant. Edit: I'd add that various LLMs/neural-nets have turned out to be great tools for research. I simply find the scientist-equivalent position problematic.