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When machines become the best scientists on Earth, what's left for us to discover? In Synthetic Intellect, William Liu explores the dawn of an era where artificial intelligence doesn't just assist science-it defines it. Across labs, startups, and universities, AI systems are already designing molecules, rewriting climate models, and proposing experiments beyond human comprehension. Liu reveals how this quiet revolution is overturning centuries of scientific tradition, from the loss of human intuition to the rise of machine-generated hypotheses. Through vivid real-world stories-from drug discovery labs in Basel to climate modelers in Boulder-this book dissects the epistemological shock of a world where discovery outpaces understanding. The question is no longer whether AI can do science, but whether humanity can still claim to understand it. Blending narrative reporting with deep philosophical insight, Synthetic Intellect charts the transformation of knowledge itself and serves as a guide for scientists, thinkers, and readers determined to stay relevant in an age when the smartest researcher in the room isn't human.

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