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In October 1984 I arrived at Oxford University, trailing a large steamer trunk containing a couple of changes of clothing and about five dozen textbooks. I had a freshly minted bachelor’s ...

When AI takes over the practice of science we will likely find the results strange and incomprehensible. Should we worry?