Why the course avoids the name 'AI for science' — and skips agentic AI scientists

risteski_a · x · 2026-09-04

Risteski explains the course is intentionally not named "AI for science," a catch-all term meaning different things to different people. He also won't spend time on agentic workflows or automated AI scientists, focusing instead on learned surrogates for scientific computing itself.

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