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AI hallucinations are driving new scientific discoveries.
This interesting overview by The New York Times explains how incorrect or misleading results from AI models are helping scientists to track cancer, design drugs, invent medical devices, and uncover weather phenomena by “dreaming” up new concepts to test.
Amy McGovern, a federal AI institute computer scientist says:
“The public thinks it’s all bad.But it’s actually giving scientists new ideas. It’s giving them the chance to explore ideas they might not have thought about otherwise.”
How Hallucinatory A.I. Helps Science Dream Up Big Breakthroughs
[The New York Times]
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