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🔬Searching the Space of All Possible Materials — Prof. Max Welling, CuspAI

Professor Max Welling discusses CuspAI's mission to accelerate materials discovery using AI, framing experiments as computation. He explains the concept of a "Physics Processing Unit" where digital models and physical experiments collaborate, with nature itself acting as a processor. The conversation highlights the convergence of physics and machine learning, the importance of symmetry in neural networks, and the argument that materials innovation, rather than software, may be the primary bottleneck for advancements in AI and the energy transition. AI

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🔬Searching the Space of All Possible Materials — Prof. Max Welling, CuspAI

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    🔬Searching the Space of All Possible Materials — Prof. Max Welling, CuspAI

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