Video course · 15 chapters · 34 min · certificate
AI for science by Google Deepmind
DeepMind: The Podcast with Hannah Fry on AI for science: nuclear fusion control, ecosystems, genomics and the human 'cookbook', junk DNA, gene expression and disease, transformers for DNA, caution and nervousness, and AI helping pure mathematicians find new conjectures about knots.
What you'll learn
- Describe AI applications across the sciences
- Explain AI's role in nuclear fusion
- Understand genomics basics: junk DNA and gene expression
- Explain how transformers model DNA
- Weigh caution in AI-driven science
- Describe AI-assisted mathematical discovery
Chapters
15 chapters · 33:53-
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01Intro Members
Introduction
DeepMind: The Podcast.
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3:05
02Overview Members
AI for science
Many fields.
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10:59
03Fusion Members
Nuclear fusion
Controlling plasma.
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3:28
04Ecosystems Members
Genomics and implications
Protecting nature.
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1:10
05Genome Members
The Human Genome Project
Nuanced diagnoses.
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1:13
06Cookbook Members
The human cookbook
Reading without understanding.
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1:04
07Non-coding Members
Junk DNA
The other 98%.
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1:32
08Expression Members
Gene expression and sickle cell
Genes on and off.
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1:20
09Disease Members
Understanding disease
Layers of information.
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1:36
10Transformers Members
Transformer architecture
DNA as text.
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1:14
11Caution Members
Caution
Not a silver bullet.
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1:16
12Complexity Members
Should we be nervous?
Handling complexity.
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1:20
13Mathematics Members
Scientists' response and pure maths
Earning interest.
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1:28
14Knots Members
Knots and a new conjecture
AI intuition.
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1:18
15Wrap-up Members
Outro
Real difference.
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