Can AI Invent or Just Help Scientists Work Faster? with Richard Socher - #783

Modern AI can write the code, analyze the data, and help draft the paper. Richard Socher thinks we're already seeing the beginnings of that.

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, think, know, including: But can it ask the questions that lead to new scientific discoveries?.

1. 01His vision is what he calls a Eureka machine, AI systems that generate ideas, run experiments, and validate discoveries across biology, chemistry, physics, and beyond
2. 02And if AI can improve the core tools of discovery, that could help accelerate progress across the sciences
3. 03I think the last time we spoke, it was in the context of science