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This doesn't require omniscience, or AI: people do this now (based on info they have). If you have more info, we know how to use it (there is theory). Why are we talking about AI, this is a math problem.
Slightly harshly worded suggestion (not to you specifically): maybe more reading, less invocation of robo-Jesus in vain.
Exactly! This is a math problem! And it becomes a very complicated math problem very quickly as the prior information gets interesting.
There's nothing magical about an AI; it can't figure out anything a human couldn't figure out in principle. The difference is the "superintelligence" bit: a superintelligent AI could efficiently use much more complicated prior information for experiment design.
I don't understand the improvement you think is possible here. In a lot of cases, the math isn't the problem, the theory is known. The difficulty is usually finding a large enough sample size,etc.