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
