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May 25, 2028
In 1 year, 7 monthsYour lab bench is just a very expensive, slow, manual spreadsheet.
Senior Scientist (mostly Excel, occasionally actual test tubes).
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Science without the messy human variable.
glub.youAI▸ QUANTLAB NEXUS 9▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 1 YEAR, 7 MONTHSAI's Special Power
filters noisy data faster than a human
You spend days prepping samples, running HPLC, and fighting inconsistent data from mass spectrometers to justify tiny results.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still smell when a reaction has gone horribly wrong before the sensor trips.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 3
Sensors begin logging all instrument calibration data directly to cloud.
Month 3
Robotic arms take over the mundane pipetting and sample dilution tasks.
Month 8
Pattern recognition software replaces your manual peak alignment and analysis.
Month 12
The entire sample preparation chain is moved into a sealed box.
Month 16
Software schedules and performs all experimental runs without human intervention.
Month 19 · D-Day
The lab bench is wiped clean and you are repurposed as a consultant.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 95.3%
4,000 units
Samples processed per hour
12 percent
Human error rate
Zero
Patience for re-calibration
Your severance
A lifetime subscription to lab-grade glassware cleaner.
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