AI: Supercharging Scientific Exploration with Pushmeet Kohli
In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry sits down with Pushmeet Kohli, VP of Science Research at Google DeepMind to discuss AI’s impact on scientific discovery. They go on a whirlwind tour of scientific projects, touching on recent breakthroughs in #alphafold, material science, weather forecasting, and mathematics to better understand how AI can enhance our scientific understanding of the world.
Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
01:13 AlphaFold
06:13 AlphaFold Database
08:14 Weather forecasting
11:24 Creating new materials with deep learning
25:10 Imposter syndrome, being a generalist, and Nobel prize winners
31:21 Choosing the right projects
32:07 Root node problems
34:32 Large language models for science
36:06 Function search and algorithmic discovery
42:10 Math olympiad
46:26 What is coming next
48:35 Reflections from Hannah
