Methods and systems for iteratively improving culture condition for at least one culture output in a culture process. The methods comprise: a) providing a continuous culture of cells in a bioreactor, wherein the cells are cultured under culture conditions that comprise a set of culture parameters. and wherein the culture of cells produces at least one culture output at a first measure: b) while maintaining the cells in continuous culture, iteratively testing different culture conditions by: (i) selecting a new culture condition comprising a new set of culture parameters predicted to improve the measure of the culture output: (ii) perturbing the cells with the new culture conditions: and (iii) determining a new measure of the culture output: wherein testing is iterated to produce a plurality of improvements in the measure of culture output. The iterative process can be performed by an automated artificial intelligence.