Developers of autonomous biopharmaceutical laboratories say that the future of research and development will be defined by human-AI collaboration. Researchers are becoming scientific tastemakers by outsourcing more R&D to autonomous labs. This process allows researchers to focus on strategic decisions instead of routine tasks. Autonomous labs perform experiments on their own with the support of AI. Collaboration between humans and AI accelerates discoveries in the biopharmaceutical sector. Researchers thus gain a role that shapes the direction of drug development.