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=o7mdsL6BHsk
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Recent Alpha launches
02:15 - Framework for selecting research domains
06:21 - Scientific, commercial and social impact
15:00 - Wielding AGI for breakthroughs
16:48 - Tech transfer and team collaboration
19:46 - IMO Gold Medal
21:42 - Evaluating math proofs
22:55 - From specialized models to Deep Think
24:22 - Do math skills generalize?
25:53 - Generalizing the IMO model
27:43 - Democratizing AI science tools
30:09 - AI Co-scientist
35:17 - An API for science?
