Stanford's Surya Ganguli argues that using AI in biology risks trading conceptual understanding for computational utility
The presentation adapted a warning by mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah.
#256Surya Ganguli@SURYAGANGULIhaha - my slide at the 90th @CSHLaboratory Symposium on AI in biology got a spontaneous applause. It was inspired by Sir Michael Atiyah's quote about algebra and geometry:
"Algebra is the offer made by the devil to a mathematician. The devil says, 'I will give you this powerful machine...all you need to do is give up your soul: give up geometry...’ The danger to our soul is there... when you pass into algebraic calculation,...you stop thinking geometrically, you stop thinking about meaning."
In the slide below: algebra -> AI mathematician -> biologist geometry -> understanding
Xinming Tu@TuXinmingBest slide at the 90th CSHL Symposium "AI in Biology" by @SuryaGanguli Really nice talk on NeuroAI! Thanks @pkoo562 for organizing! @cshlmeetings