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Evolutionary search has long been used in simulations and performs well at structure prediction, including finding low-energy structures.
Ekin Dogus Cubuk · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“So especially in simulations,”
“people have been using evolutionary search,”
“For a long time, um, like it's pretty good at structure prediction, for example, finding”
“low energy structures.”Play from 1:05:20Report a misattribution
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