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AI gets a ton of attention about all of the fantastical things it can or can't do.

But do you ever wonder how this tech is actually impacting the world beyond the headlines?

Imagine accelerating drug discovery, designing revolutionary materials,

and unlocking the secrets of the universe all within the digital realm.

This is TED Tech, a podcast from the TED Audio Collective.

I'm your host, Shirel Dorsey.

Today, we're going behind the scenes with Max

Yaderberg, chief AI officer at isomorphic labs and previous research scientists at DeepMind

to explore how AI is revolutionizing scientific discovery itself. Max believes we're entering a new era where AI can create virtual analogs of our world,

allowing us to experiment and innovate at an unprecedented scale.

His talk is a journey to the cutting edge of AI-powered science.

Before we dive in, a quick break to hear from our sponsors.

And now, Max Yaderberg takes the TED stage.

So a while I go now, I did a PhD,

and I actually thought it'd be quite easy to do research.

Turns out it was really hard.

My PhD was spent coding up neural network layers

and writing kuda kernels, very much computer-based science.

And at that time, I had a friend who worked in a lab doing real messy science.

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