Raising Health

Surya Ganguli and Bowen Liu join Vijay Pande to examine how machine learning can support biological discovery and drug development. They compare physics-based modelling, learned molecular representations and self-supervised foundation models; discuss protein structures, target identification and generative molecule design; and explain why experimental validation and generalisation beyond training data remain difficult. The conversation also considers interpretable cellular representations and the potential role of AI in clinical-trial recruitment and prediction. The publisher provides an accompanying transcript.

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Neural-dynamics researcher Surya Ganguli joins Vijay Pande to discuss how artificial-intelligence models might become more interpretable. Their conversation examines the prospect of explaining the computations inside a model, how AI could augment human capabilities, and where human strengths may remain distinctive. Originally released under the Bio Eats World name, the episode is now part of Raising Health. The publisher notes that technical difficulties caused variable audio quality.

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