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DeepMind unveils 'spectacular' general-purpose science AI
System improves chip designs and tackles unsolved maths problems, but has not been rolled out to researchers outside the company.
As well as using the system to discover solutions to open maths problems, DeepMind has already applied the artificial intelligence (AI) technique to its own practical challenges, says Pushmeet Kohli, head of science at the firm in London. An ‘evaluator’ algorithm then assesses the modifications against the metrics for a good solution (for example, in the task of assigning Google’s computing jobs, researchers want to waste fewer resources). On the basis of which solutions are judged to be the best, the LLM suggests fresh ideas and over time the system evolves a population of stronger algorithms, says Matej Balog, an AI scientist at DeepMind who co-led the research.
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