Caltech trio on how AI is transforming scientific discovery, from quantum to ecology
AnimaAnandkumar · x · 2026-09-18
Caltech Magazine gathered Anima Anandkumar, physicist Maria Spiropulu, and MIT ecologist Sara Beery (PhD '23) to discuss how AI is reshaping scientific discovery, tied to a special double issue of Daedalus.
- Central theme: AI's potential to understand physical reality, down to the quantum level
- Perspectives span AI-for-science foundations, high-energy and quantum physics, and ecology/conservation technology
- Essays appear in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences journal
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