James Daniell, Vice President of AI and Computational Biology at Lanzatech, discusses innovative approaches to combating climate change through carbon recycling. He explains how generative AI is utilized to engineer microbes for carbon conversion and create everyday products. Daniell emphasizes the significance of specialized AI models in enhancing scientific research and workplace efficiency. The conversation also highlights the synergy of AI with human oversight in driving sustainable practices and addressing environmental challenges.
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Trash to Treasures
Lanzatech uses microbes to convert carbon emissions into chemicals.
These chemicals create everyday products like perfume and athletic wear.
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Generative AI's Role
Generative AI helps engineer the biology central to Lanzatech's carbon recycling.
AI improves microbes' efficiency in converting emissions.
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AI Breakthrough for Biology
The 2017 transformer breakthrough enabled generative AI for biology, like large language models.
Lanzatech uses models trained on biological sequences, similar to how ChatGPT is trained on text.
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When we think recycling, we might think of plastics. Probably not Generative AI, right? Well, that's actually one of the ways that Lanzatech is fighting global warming -- by using Generative AI to help recycle carbon emissions.
How do they do it?
And how has Lanzatech created an internal Large Language Model that's giving them ridiculous in-office efficiencies?
Timestamps: 01:50 About James and Lanzatech 04:49 Using AI to engineer biology for refining. 09:47 Create biological language model to engineer microbes. 13:00 Misconception about value from large language models. 15:58 Importance of creating and using specialized models. 17:10 AI accelerates technology development, leading to efficiency. 22:09 AI enhances scientific experiments with human oversight. 24:32 Golden age of technology with AI excitement.
Topics Covered in This Episode: 1. About James Daniell and Lanzatech 2. How generative AI helps recycling 3. Use and benefits of AI within LanzaTech 4. Potential of GenAI solving environmental problems
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