Exploring FunSearch: A New Approach to Algorithm Discovery

In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry sits down with Pushmeet Kohli, VP of 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.

Further reading:

• Millions of new materials discovered with deep learning
• GraphCast: AI model for faster and more accurate global weather forecasting
• AlphaFold: A breakthrough unfolds (S2,E1)
• AlphaGeometry: An Olympiad-level AI system for geometry
• AI achieves silver-medal standard solving International Mathematical Olympiad problems

Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to: 

• Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry
• Series Producer: Dan Hardoon
• Editor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios 
• Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif
• Music composition: Eleni Shaw
• Camera Director and Video Editor: Tommy Bruce
• Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin
• Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke
• Video Editor: Bilal Merhi
• Video Production Design: James Barton
• Visual Identity and Design: Eleanor Tomlinson
• Production support: Mo Dawoud 
• Commissioned by Google DeepMind

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