What?!
Are you saying that a major barrier in the rapid advancement of knowledge is that we don’t know how to program a machine to ask the right questions?
Having to narrow down the scope of research so a robot can gather data isn’t a major barrier, it’s more an art form. That’s one of the things humans are very good at: figuring out ways that allow robots to perform a specific function.
Gathering data isn’t the whole of research.
Doug.