Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse
READ THE ORIGINAL SOURCEOpen original sourcetwitter.com · Opens in a new tabA social media thread by Gabriel Ocana-Santero describes an AI agent that was given 19 gene therapy vectors in a spreadsheet, a mouse model of epilepsy, and access to a motorized stereotaxic surgery rig with cameras, with the goal of reducing seizures. The author says the agent selected the drug and brain region, derived coordinates from three papers, drove the surgical arms, and injected 250 nanolitres while monitoring the entry site for bleeding. A licensed veterinarian gated irreversible steps and held a physical kill switch. The thread is brief and the author states more detailed thoughts will follow.
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A social media thread by Gabriel Ocana-Santero describes an AI agent that was given 19 gene therapy vectors in a spreadsheet, a mouse model of epilepsy, and access to a motorized stereotaxic surgery rig with cameras, with the goal of reducing seizures. The author says the agent selected the drug and brain region, derived coordinates from three papers, drove the surgical arms, and injected 250 nanolitres while monitoring the entry site for bleeding. A licensed veterinarian gated irreversible steps and held a physical kill switch. The thread is brief and the author states more detailed thoughts will follow.
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- The agent reportedly chose the drug and brain region from a set of 19 gene therapy vectors.
- The agent reportedly derived surgical coordinates from three papers.
- The agent reportedly injected 250 nanolitres while watching the entry site through a rig camera for bleeding.
- A licensed vet gated every irreversible step and held a physical kill switch.
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It describes an attempt to have an AI agent run multiple steps of an in vivo experiment, including irreversible procedures, with human oversight. This bears on how agentic systems may be used in physical laboratory research.
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