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Anthropic just used Claude to optimize 30+ biological models, cutting a $10,000 protein-design workflow down to $150 on a single GPU. But the real revolution isn’t AI doing biology—it’s AI rewriting the code of the AI doing biology. Here’s why this recursive optimization step changes every compute-heavy field.
Autonomous AI loops find the best solution early, then waste thousands of dollars proving it. A human with a basic AI plan can beat a $10,745 auto-optimizer just by knowing when to stop. The real skill isn’t building smarter AI — it’s designing workflows that allow humans to say ‘good enough.’
The AI tools you rely on are priced at a fraction of their actual cost, subsidized by venture capital. When the VC money dries up, prices will soar – and the startups built on cheap AI will collapse. This is the uncomfortable truth the industry doesn’t want you to hear.