How artificial intelligence is changing science | Stanford University News

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Nathan Collins, Stanford News Service summarizes, "Artificial intelligence is now part of our daily lives, whether in voice recognition systems or route finding apps."

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But scientists are increasingly drawing on artificial intelligence to understand society, design new materials and even improve our health.

Once a computer scientist’s pipe dream, artificial intelligence is now part of our daily lives in the form of voice recognition systems, product recommendation platforms and navigation tools. All of these rely on computer algorithms that process information and solve problems in a way similar to – and sometimes superior to – the human mind.

Yet artificial intelligence is doing more than just recommending new restaurants and the best routes to them. It is also changing the way scientists across diverse disciplines are studying the world.
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Source: Stanford University News