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The speaker expects that encoding physical-science knowledge in the team's model weights, given differences between physical sciences and machine learning, will produce different types of systems and capabilities.
Liam Fedus · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“And so we think that by, you know, because of the differences between, you know, physical sciences and machine learning,”
“getting that compressed into our own weights will lead to different types of systems and different types of capabilities.”Play from 1:00:06Report a misattribution
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