GDM’s Pushmeet Kohli on solving science's biggest challenges with AI

Pushmeet Kohli, Head of Science and Strategic Initiatives at Google DeepMind, joins host Logan Kilpatrick to explore the intersection of AI and scientific discovery. Learn how the team's unique problem-solving framework led to innovations like AlphaFold and AlphaEvolve, and how new tools like AI Co-scientist aim to democratize these types of breakthroughs for everyone. 

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7mdsL6BHsk

Chapters: 
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Recent Alpha launches
02:15 - Framework for selecting research domains
06:21  - Scientific, commercial and social impact
15:00 - Wielding AGI for breakthroughs
16:48 - Tech transfer and team collaboration
19:46  -  IMO Gold Medal
21:42  - Evaluating math proofs
22:55 - From specialized models to Deep Think
24:22 -  Do math skills generalize?
25:53 - Generalizing the IMO model
27:43 - Democratizing AI science tools
30:09 - AI Co-scientist
35:17 - An API for science?