OpenAI, PerturbAI, and Scripps Research Deploy Thousands of AI Agents to Mine Brain Cell Data

Skynet Chance (+0.01%): Large-scale autonomous agent deployment slightly expands the footprint of loosely supervised AI systems, though this use is confined to beneficial scientific data analysis with human researchers in the loop.

Skynet Date (+0 days): Shows growing practical scaling of multi-agent systems, marginally accelerating agentic capability maturation without major new risk vectors.

AGI Progress (+0.01%): Coordinating thousands of agents to generate novel scientific hypotheses from massive datasets demonstrates progress toward autonomous research capabilities, a key AGI-relevant skill.

AGI Date (+0 days): Successful AI-driven scientific discovery suggests agentic research tools are becoming practical, modestly supporting faster progress, though details on capability gains are limited.