Artificial Intelligence Discovers Antibiotic in Record Time

In 1928, a Scottish scientist named Sir Alexander Fleming left his lab where he was studying the staphylococcus bacteria to go on a two-week vacation with his family. When he returned to his lab bench, he not only realized he hadn't tidied his work space very well, but that the dishes with the bacteria in them were growing mold. He also noticed that the bacteria seemed to be actively avoiding the moldy areas of the petri dish. Later he said "I certainly didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I suppose that was exactly what I did."