“AI is not taking over material science (for now): an analysis and conference report” by titotal
This is a link post. Confidence check: This is my field of expertise, I work in the field and I have a PhD in the subject. However I am not an expert in every sub-field that I’m covering here, and in particular I do not have much machine learning experience. This is a blog post and I do not guarantee complete accuracy. I have done my best to make this readable and enjoyable for a general audience (on the nerdy side), but certain parts are very difficult to explain, so apologies in advance Introduction Both AI skeptics and AI boosters sometimes operate on the “breaking news” model of assessing capabilities. Boosters who think powerful AI is imminent can point to a steady stream of breakthrough achievements. Skeptics counter this with an steady stream of AI mistakes and flops. I think both things are important to keep track of, but they [...] ---Outline:(00:52) Introduction(03:38) How CEST works:(08:00) AI failures(10:47) The conference statistics(14:47) So what is AI being used for?(23:50) Panel on AI and quantum computing.(26:27) What about LLMs and GenAI(31:16) But will it come for our job later?The original text contained 4 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. The original text contained 11 images which were described by AI. --- First published: March 11th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CwpB3czyjKiG6Pzo8/ai-is-not-taking-over-material-science-for-now-an-analysis --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.