Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt claims that artificial intelligence is preparing to radically change science.
One example is the creation of NVIDIA digital double of the Earth earth-2 who uses the weather predictions from fourcastnet , the models of tenstic data. About the Earth’s system. The model is able to predict the weather for the next 2 weeks ten thousand times faster and more precisely than modern forecasting methods.
Schmidt claims that AI can rewrite the scientific process, saving time and efforts on routine work and at the same time stimulating creative inventions and discoveries. AI already transforms the way of conducting scientific reviews. Tools, such as Paperqa and Elicit, use large language models (Large Language Model (LLM) to scan the databases of articles and create brief and accurate summary of the existing literature.
Artificial intelligence can also expand the search for hypotheses and check them faster, helping to formulate stronger hypotheses. For example, AI can help create more promising candidates for the role of new drugs.
Ultimately, most of the science will be carried out in “self -governing laboratories” – automated robotic platforms combined with artificial intelligence. Such laboratories are already appearing in companies such as Emerald Cloud Lab and Artificial, and even in the Argon National Laboratory.
However, Schmidt emphasizes that it is necessary to take into account the restrictions and risks of artificial intelligence. AI is a powerful tool that allows people to achieve more with lower costs: less time, less skills, less equipment. In other words, AI reduces the entrance barrier to science for new scientists. But these capabilities make AI a dangerous weapon in the wrong hands. To prevent both intentional and unintentional improper use of AI, smart, well -informed regulation is necessary.