Listen "GDM’s Pushmeet Kohli on solving science's biggest challenges with AI"
Episode Synopsis
Pushmeet Kohli, Head of Science and Strategic Initiatives at Google DeepMind, joins host Logan Kilpatrick to explore the intersection of AI and scientific discovery. Learn how the team's unique problem-solving framework led to innovations like AlphaFold and AlphaEvolve, and how new tools like AI Co-scientist aim to democratize these types of breakthroughs for everyone. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7mdsL6BHskChapters: 0:00 - Intro1:04 - Recent Alpha launches02:15 - Framework for selecting research domains06:21 - Scientific, commercial and social impact15:00 - Wielding AGI for breakthroughs16:48 - Tech transfer and team collaboration19:46 - IMO Gold Medal21:42 - Evaluating math proofs22:55 - From specialized models to Deep Think24:22 - Do math skills generalize?25:53 - Generalizing the IMO model27:43 - Democratizing AI science tools30:09 - AI Co-scientist35:17 - An API for science?
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