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How LLMs and Generative AI are Revolutionizing AI for Science with Anima Anandkumar - #614

Jan 30, 2023

Anima Anandkumar, Bren Professor at Caltech and Sr. Director of AI Research at NVIDIA, discusses how generative AI is reshaping scientific discovery. She highlights breakthrough developments in protein folding and drug design, emphasizing AlphaFold's impact. The conversation moves to neural operators enhancing simulations and AI's role in weather forecasting. Anandkumar also introduces MineDojo, a unique Minecraft framework that advances embodied AI research, showcasing its potential for innovation and decision-making.

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Intro

3min

Generative AI in Scientific Discovery

15min

Advancements in Neural Operators for Scientific Simulations

11min

AI in Weather and Carbon Modeling

20min

Integrating High-Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence

3min

Enhancing AI Decision-Making with MindDojo

7min

Bridging Foundation Models and Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Decision Making

2min

Today we’re joined by Anima Anandkumar, Bren Professor of Computing And Mathematical Sciences at Caltech and Sr Director of AI Research at NVIDIA. In our conversation, we take a broad look at the emerging field of AI for Science, focusing on both practical applications and longer-term research areas. We discuss the latest developments in the area of protein folding, and how much it has evolved since we first discussed it on the podcast in 2018, the impact of generative models and stable diffusion on the space, and the application of neural operators. We also explore the ways in which prediction models like weather models could be improved, how foundation models are helping to drive innovation, and finally, we dig into MineDojo, a new framework built on the popular Minecraft game for embodied agent research, which won a 2022 Outstanding Paper Award at NeurIPS.

The complete show notes for this episode can be found at twimlai.com/go/614

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