How AI is revolutionising science

Author: The Economist - Bewertung: 2610x - Views:77361

AI is driving a transformation across all fields of science, from developing drugs for incurable diseases and improving the understanding of animal communication to self-driving labs. Could this prompt a new golden age of discovery?



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00:00 - How AI is revolutionising science

02:53 - Drug discovery

04:31 - AlphaFold

05:30 - Adoption of AI in science

07:08 - Animal communication

09:26 - Scientific fraud

11:03 - Self-driving labs

14:36 - Future of AI in science



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