Caltech Trio on How AI Is Transforming Scientific Discovery, Down to the Quantum Level
AnimaAnandkumar · x · 2026-09-29
Caltech Magazine brought together three researchers—computing professor Anima Anandkumar, physicist Maria Spiropulu, and MIT's Sara Beery (PhD '23, ecology and conservation tech)—to discuss how AI is reshaping scientific discovery.
All three contributed essays to a special AI issue of Daedalus, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences journal. The conversation explores whether AI can help understand physical reality down to the fundamental quantum level, viewed through AI-for-science research, particle physics experiments, and ecological monitoring.
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