Kevin Weil says robotic labs will drive large-scale science data

OpenAI's Kevin Weil agrees with Dave Ricks that large-scale data collection through robotic labs will be a major part of the future of science, according to a post on X dated October 21, 2026.

Ricks argues that AI can help conquer disease, but only with large amounts of data that do not yet exist, and that robotic labs will make scaling that data more practical. The report is a single social media post, and the claims are statements by Weil and Ricks rather than reported results.