Just heard a talk about a new AI that can help find new materials

I was listening to a podcast with a researcher from MIT, and they were talking about their GNoME project. It's an AI that can predict millions of new, stable crystal structures for things like better batteries. It made me realize how these tools are moving from just analyzing data to actually creating new science. Has anyone else seen AI start to make real discoveries like that?

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barbara4291mo ago

Does it just find them or does it also explain why they'd work?

josephb351mo ago

It might find them but the why is the real magic.

stellag211mo ago

That GNoME thing found over 2 million new stable crystals. It's wild because it's not just sorting known data, it's making brand new predictions for stuff like superconductors. We're past the point of AI just being a fancy calculator. It's like having a tireless lab partner that can test a billion ideas while you sleep. The hard part now is building the things it dreams up.