Kevin Weil — Accelerating Science with AI
OpenAI's VP for Science outlines the vision for AI as a platform for scientific discovery — what that means in practice and what it requires to build responsibly.
Why we picked this
The claim that AI could become the next great scientific instrument is bold — this is a chance to hear the person leading that effort at OpenAI explain what they actually mean by it.
Kevin Weil leads the science mission at OpenAI, where the question isn’t just what large language models can do but what they might enable across chemistry, biology, medicine, and physics. In this Distinguished Lecture at the Allen School, he outlines the case for AI as a platform for accelerating scientific discovery — not replacing researchers, but transforming what they can tackle and how quickly.
The lecture is part of the Allen School’s Distinguished Lecture Series, which regularly brings researchers and technologists working at the edge of what’s possible in computing and its applications. The talk will be livestreamed and recorded on the Allen School’s YouTube channel.
Free and open to the public. Live captioning provided.