"How will AI impact science?":
Transcript of a short survey talk given at the Metascience 2023 Conference. The focus is on extant systems & the near term, not the long-term impact of AI on science (though I hope the talk helps ground longer-term thinking)
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@michael_nielsen
I also felt
@emiyazono
's question strike at the heart! But I wonder if it is more about 'well-definedness of the problem' rather than cleanness of data that makes it unique. Finding a protein structure given an amino sequence seems almost as well defined as winning a chess game.
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@emiyazono
I don't think so. Current LLMs are at least somewhat useful as substrates for exploring vague ideas and questions. I expect multi-model ones will get gradually better.
Still, I agree with you that it's a lot easier to make progress when you have a well-defined problem
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@michael_nielsen
I wonder how would you interpret the Eureqa story I've sent via DM in the context of your afterword.
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@michael_nielsen
great write-up and talk. Regarding alpha zero there was a paper that tried to inspect the chess 'concepts' learned by the network and how it related to human chess knowledge.
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