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Ai Salon: Autonomous Scientific Discovery [Vancouver]
About Event
Will we ever be able to build an AI scientist?
The Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry were recently awarded to pioneers in artificial intelligence, which left some commentators surprised.
Artificial intelligence is now making groundbreaking contributions to scientific discovery, such as unlocking the structure of virtually every biologically-relevant protein.
What does this mean for basic science? Is AI capable of making novel scientific discoveries? If so, who takes the credit for these discoveries? Will an AI ever make contributions worthy of a Nobel Prize?
Join us as we explore this topic.
What to Expect
7:00 PM: Welcome: Enjoy light refreshments and come meet the other guests.
7:30 PM: Ai Salon: A facilitated discussion on the future of AI in the process of scientific discovery. Topics may include:
AlphaFold
AI agents
o1++ reasoning
Hypothesis generation
Autonomous lit review
9:00 PM: Wrap up.
We’ll have light snacks and drinks, but no full dinner will be served. You might want to grab a bite beforehand.
Read the Ai Salon Archive substack to explore previous conversations related to this topic:
The Ai Salon is a community founded in San Francisco focused on intimate, small-sized group discussions on the sociological, economic, cultural, and philosophical impacts of AI. We host small group discussions in a growing number of cities around the world. You can find them on our calendar and read summaries of our previous conversations on our Substack.