As someone who truly loves science, the idea of automating the creative parts strikes me at the core as a horrible mistake. Yes, even before AI, we've already tried some automations -- actually some of those I even believe is a bad thing, such as the internet. Most people would disagree no doubt, but I feel like automating science, especially with regard to the more "creative parts" makes it more like an industry, ripping it away from the minds of people. And AI automation is a new level that goes beyond all automations.
I truly hate AI and what it is doing to the world and to me at least, as someone who has loved mathematics and science since my grandma started showing me chemistry experiments when I was about 5 years old, this new level of automation is stealing the magic from human curiosity.