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This is a great project. Very cool

That doesn't make sense. LLMs will be used to write SQL, I'm sure (I do that) but replacing SQL?

Crumb was fascinating

Sure, I'll shoot you an email

I work as a journalist covering the lab space. Lab informatics and automation in particular.

A few factors off the top of my head (there are more):

- Proprietary communication protocols between equipment from different OEMs. It's possible to automate to a greater extent if every asset speaks the same language. They often don't. Instruments exist in the OEM's walled gardens.

- Robots do save money in the long run, but they are expensive upfront. This is a deterrent, especially labs on a small budget that just don't have the CapEx for robots. This is the case for many academic labs, in particular.

That said, there is progress being made toward automating wet labs to a greater extent. There are projects to standardize protocols so you can have communication between assets from different OEMs. One of my sources from the NIH also told me last week that there are advancements being made in mobile robots that can cart samples from instrument to instrument autonomously.

You're fitting the wrong tool to the problem. That's user error.

I'm a magazine journalist who's usually working on multiple stories at once. I collect a lot of tabs.

So the other day I used Claude to make a browser extension that saves all in an active window to the specified "Writing Project" so I can easily open/close them all as needed.

Basically, a more streamlined bookmark system.

>No business would choose no-growth + reduced cost over growth + same cost.

If that were the case, why are so many companies bent on eliminating some employees and equipping the rest with AI to make up the difference? Wouldn't it be in their best interest to retain ALL those employees and equip them all with AI?

Going back to forums locked behind accounts would be a good first step.

Hey, I'm really interested in lab software administration as a career. I have some related experience. Can we chat?

No, but knowing that a book was written by a bot would hinder my enjoyment of it to the point that I'd drop it.