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Michael Levitt, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, predicted at the Second International Conference on AI Scientists (ICAIS 2026) that by 2056, young scientists aided by AI agents may accomplish in a single year the work his generation did over a lifetime. He also said this prediction may not be aggressive enough, and that the efficiency gain could far exceed 30 times. Levitt believes AI will erase the age gap among scientists, and stressed that the coexistence of multiple models such as DeepSeek, Kimi, Claude, and ChatGPT is a safeguard for humanity's safe use of AI. Currently, this prediction is reported by a single source, with no further independent evidence or subsequent developments.
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Nobel laureate Levitt: AI will erase the age gap among scientists, and in 30 years a young person may accomplish in one year what predecessors did in a lifetime
Michael Levitt, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, predicted at the Second International Conference on AI Scientists (ICAIS 2026) that by 2056, young scientists aided by AI agents may accomplish in one year the work his generation did in a lifetime, and said this prediction may not even be aggressive enough—the efficiency gain could far exceed 30 times. He believes AI will erase the age gap among scientists, and stressed that the coexistence of multiple models such as DeepSeek, Kimi, Claude, and ChatGPT is the guarantee for humanity to use AI safely.