About this episode

The episode discusses the potential impact of AI on the field of science with expert guests.

Guests: Jeff Clune, CIFAR AI chair at the Victor Institute and Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada Jessamyn Fairfield from NUI Galway Matthew Campbell from TCD

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan McCrea

Guests: Jeff Clune, Jessamyn Fairfield, Matthew Campbell

Topics covered

• AI
• science
• future of work
• technology
• education

Keywords

• AI
• scientists
• technology
• future
• education
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIFAR, Victor Institute, University of British Columbia, NUI Galway, TCD

Places: Vancouver

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