FutureHouse is Building an AI Mad Scientist and wants your help keeping the lab from blowing up.

Alright, you lab coat-wearing lunatics and ethically flexible thinkers, prepare for a glimpse into the glorious, possibly horrifying, future of science. FutureHouse, backed by none other than Eric Schmidt, is building an AI "scientist" and has just released a suite of tools – Crow, Falcon, Owl, and Phoenix – to help them do it. It's like they're trying to create a digital Dr. Frankenstein, and honestly, the AI's tendency to "hallucinate" only adds to the potential for delightfully chaotic discoveries.

These aren't your run-of-the-mill search engines. Crow, Falcon, and Owl can devour scientific literature at superhuman speeds. They can answer complex research questions, conduct deep-dive analyses, and even figure out if anyone has already explored that weird idea you just had. Phoenix, the experimental oddball of the bunch, is designed to assist chemists in planning experiments and even suggesting new compounds. Think of it as a digital lab assistant with a potential for either brilliance or explosive (figuratively, we hope) mistakes.

The truly Fucking Genius™ part? FutureHouse is actively asking for feedback. They know their AI tools are still a bit wild, a bit prone to going off the rails. They're essentially saying, "Here's our AI scientist, go break it! Tell us where it's wrong, where it's right, and if it starts muttering about world domination."

It's a bold and fascinating approach. They're acknowledging the limitations of AI while harnessing its immense potential, and inviting the scientific community to help them wrangle this digital beast. Will they create the next Einstein? Or a digital mad scientist that needs to be thrown into a digital straitjacket? Only time, and a whole lot of feedback, will tell.

Dive into the scientific weirdness over at TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/futurehouse-releases-ai-tools-it-claims-can-accelerate-science/