{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Deep View: Conversations","title":"#12: Director of Microsoft Research talks AI for Science - Chris Bishop ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/23a5392e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3048,"description":"I sat down with Dr. Chris Bishop, a Microsoft technical fellow and the director of Microsoft Research AI for Science, to sink into the details of what AI is actually unlocking for science, and what kind of AI is doing it. \nEpisode Links: \n5th paradigm of scientific discovery: https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/the-5th-paradigm-ai-driven-scientific-discovery/Microsoft Aurora: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/introducing-aurora-the-first-large-scale-foundation-model-of-the-atmosphere/The environmental cost of AI: https://www.thedeepview.co/p/the-public-health-crisis-of-artificial-intelligenceMatterGen: https://www.thedeepview.co/p/report-ai-is-everywhere-already-even-if-we-don-t-know-itThe dubious nature of AGI: https://www.thedeepview.co/p/the-nobel-prize-and-the-mainstreaming-of-ai-s-x-risk\n\nOutline:\n0:00 – Intro\n2:13 – The importance of domain expertise in AI \n5:17 – The promise of AI for science\n12:47 – Project Aurora and climate modeling \n15:27 – The cost-benefit analysis of AI \n18:43 – Weather prediction models VS ChatGPT\n21:36 – AI to shield against engineering disasters\n24:36 – How does Microsoft decide which applications to pursue\n27:32 – Microsoft Research’s main areas of focus\n33:24 – MatterGen and material generation\n39:24 – How the wet lab is changing\n42:19 – Is AGI a worthwhile pursuit for scientific advancement? \n 47:43 – Technological optimism and the way forward\nGet The Deep View — your daily source for in-depth, fact-based reporting on artificial intelligence — in your inbox every morning. Subscribe here!\nConnect with us on X, TikTok and Instagram.  \nArtificial intelligence is a complicated topic, bound by a number of complex threads — technical science, ethics, safety, regulation, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, investment and — above all — humanity. On The Deep View: Conversations, Ian Krietzberg, host and Editor-in-Chief at The Deep View, breaks it all down, cutting through the hype to make clear what's important and why you should...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ioaDRblhWlqekquI4zZDrpNROTZbPjUAT3imFBoFlRM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMjE1/NWJiMWI1ZTZiOTQx/NGVmZTA3NTcyOGQz/MDljNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}