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AI and scientific discovery
From a proposed answer to a result that can be tested. Mathematics, molecules and environmental measurements offer different views of the same changing frontier.
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Science in the age of AI
Proof, prediction and experiment set different standards for turning an answer into knowledge.
- A prediction about perception↗
Researchers Use AI to Predict Smell of New Molecules
A case from molecular smell prediction: what information goes in, and what property is predicted?
- A measurement problem↗
How AI is Making Soil Moisture Monitoring More Accurate
A practical setting for asking how predictions relate to observations of soil moisture.
- Interpreting genetic variation↗
New AI tool classifies missense mutations as pathogenic or benign
A further example of prediction in biology, with a different target from protein structure.
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