AI’s influence is undeniable in the digital realm, affecting consumers’ lives and corporate operations. Transferring these advancements to sectors producing physical goods, such as drug discovery and biotech, commodity chemicals, materials for energy and sustainability, and manufacturing, presents a thrilling prospect and a translational challenge. This talk will explore the present use cases and the potential of applying generative AI within the chemistry and materials domain. Unlike a large part of the tech sector, these industries are capital-intensive and cautious, meaning that AI must bridge an “execution gap” between the digital and physical realms for value generation. We will outline strategies to overcome current technical and cultural hurdles.
Principal Investigator Duane Boning
Principal Investigator Donna Rhodes
Principal Investigator Alan Jasanoff
Principal Investigator Harold Hemond
AI That Can Think, Reason and Discover
Markus J. Buehler Jerry McAfee Professor of Engineering, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
Principal Investigator Warren Seering
Principal Investigator Robert Macfarlane
Ariel Furst