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Researchers do not yet have access to the exchange-correlation functional, and the kinetic-energy functional for charge-density-based models is unknown.
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 I think as you're pointing out, the exchange correlation functional we don't yet have access to,”
“and then for the charge density-based model we don't know what the kinetic energy functional is.”Play from 33:43Report a misattribution
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