AI could trigger a boom in scientific progress similar to the invention of microscopes and the establishment of research labs.
This progress is expected to come from two main areas: literature-based discovery (LBD) and generating new hypotheses and suggesting new experiments/potential collaborators.
LBD uses language analysis, similar to GPT, to automatically review existing scientific literature, find connections humans may have missed, and suggest new research avenues.
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Our 138th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news, with guest host Jon Krohn of the the SuperDataScience podcast!!
Note: this one is coming out a week late, but we'll be back on schedule going forward!