If I was trying to have a human researcher cure Alzheimers, I’d give them a laboratory, lab assistants, a notebook, and likely also a computer. Similarly, if I wanted a simulacrum of a human researcher (or a great many simulacra of human researchers) to have a good chance of solving Alzheimer’s, I’d given them access to functionally equivalent resources, facilities and tools, crucially including the ability to design, carry out, and analyze the results of experiments in the real world.
If I was trying to have a human researcher cure Alzheimers, I’d give them a laboratory, lab assistants, a notebook, and likely also a computer. Similarly, if I wanted a simulacrum of a human researcher (or a great many simulacra of human researchers) to have a good chance of solving Alzheimer’s, I’d given them access to functionally equivalent resources, facilities and tools, crucially including the ability to design, carry out, and analyze the results of experiments in the real world.