In these applications, AI is proving to be a game changer for advancing scientific discoveries.
The massive datasets and advances in high-performance computing underlying today’s AI revolution aren’t just fueling  chatbots and image generators. French and her colleagues in the Sandin Lab — as well as scientists across numerous fields and disciplines at UC San Diego and beyond — are using custom machine-learning tools to take on the more tedious tasks involved in their work while ensuring their expertise remains central. In these applications, AI is proving to be a game changer for advancing scientific discoveries.