How will AI and automation change chemistry?

In January, Jennifer Newton asked how long it would be until an AI was listed among the authors on a research paper. Well, it turns out the answer was not very long at all. ChatGPT, the generative text algorithm that has rapidly become a cultural phenomenon, was recently listed as a co-author on several papers. Publishers have responded with a ban on the grounds that a machine cannot meet the criteria of responsibility and accountability required of authors. Yet as Holden Thorp noted in a recent Science editorial, a bigger issue might be that when ChatGPT's contributions aren't disclosed, we simply won't know.