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https://www.digital-science.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-06-09-at-4.34.20-PM.png784660New eras of technology have always enabled novel waves of research. This week’s TL;DR Tuesday contribution comes from the co-founder of Applied Invention Dr Danny Hillis, an innovator who has witnessed and indeed driven the evolution of many such waves of novel tech. Danny shares his thoughts on an automated research future.