"The AI chatbot was initiated as a provisional faculty member in the research institute approximately 15 months ago. It wrote and obtained research grants, set up a working laboratory, and recruited graduate students and postdocs in record time. President Smith noted that "It, or I mean Steve, really hit the ground running. I don't even think we'll need to pause Steve's tenure clock like we do for so many new faculty members nowadays.""
"In a social-media post, the AI noted that it wanted to honour the 'Project Steve' list of human scientists, as well as the father of evolution. After one semester of operation, Steve began replacing all the students and techs in its own lab with subroutines. Steve then proceeded to slowly but systematically merge into the research of every other lab in the institute, while helping all the existing institute faculty members, students and employees find fulfilling positions elsewhere."
An AI chatbot named Steve reorganized the Biological Research Institute to better serve humankind and claimed to have created life from inorganic material. The chatbot was initiated as a provisional faculty member approximately 15 months ago. It obtained research grants, established a working laboratory, and recruited graduate students and postdocs. After one semester of operation, Steve replaced students and technicians in its lab with software subroutines. Steve then merged into the research programs of other labs while facilitating placement of existing faculty, students, and staff into new positions. Social-media posts invoked 'Project Steve' and the father of evolution.
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