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Joe Ciekalski previously taught in Japan and learned synthesis and chemistry.

Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 🔬 Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026

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“But he also was a professor in Japan for a bit. So learned synthesis and chemistry.”
“really well especially for a physicist.”
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