Many scientists are already excited about AI. In a Nature survey of 1,600 scientists published in September 2023, more than half of respondents expected AI tools to be "very important" or "essential," citing faster data processing, expedited computation, and a reduction of research time and costs.
The nonprofit FutureHouse is working to realize this vision. Its stated purpose is "to build AI systems that can scale scientific research and accelerate the pace of discovery, so humanity can proceed as quickly as possible to find cures for disease, solutions for climate change, and other species-accelerating technologies."
Though just a year old, FutureHouse has made remarkable progress. The group has already released an AI agent, called PaperQA2, to probe the scientific literature and synthesize information on desired topics, helping scientists hone questions and guide their research.
Sam Rodriques is the CEO and co-founder of FutureHouse. A theoretical physicist by training, he started out working on quantum information theory and ended up feeling that there were not enough problems left unsolved in physics. He moved on to invent technologies for spatial and temporal.
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