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ai-in-scientific-discovery

AI accelerates and expands scientific research by efficiently screening large datasets to find innovative solutions, as with antibiotic discovery.

1 chapter across 1 book

The Age of AI: And Our Human Future (2021)Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 introduces landmark AI achievements such as AlphaZero's unprecedented chess mastery, MIT's AI-driven discovery of the novel antibiotic halicin, and OpenAI's GPT-3 language model, illustrating AI's ability to surpass human cognitive limits in diverse domains. It emphasizes AI's distinct mode of accessing and organizing reality, often uncovering patterns and solutions beyond human perception, and sets the stage for discussing AI's transformative potential and challenges in human affairs.