The Automatic Scientist – A Short-Circuit of Understanding

°°°°~x§x-<@> In May 2026, two simultaneous papers in Nature announced the arrival of the “automatic scientist” — multi-agent AI systems capable of formulating hypotheses, designing protocols, and analysing data with minimal human supervision. Co-Scientist (Google/Stanford) reproduced in days a hypothesis that had eluded human researchers for nearly a decade. Robin (FutureHouse) cut drug discovery time …

On the Concept of Proletarianisation in the Age of AI

°°°°~x§x-<@> Abstract: This article traces the evolution of the concept of proletarianisation from its Marxist origins through Bernard Stiegler’s cognitive extension to its Scybernethical reformulation. We argue that proletarianisation is not merely economic exploitation but a fundamental anthropological process: the loss of knowledge — know-how and know-thinking — produced by the externalisation of human capacities …