Can AI Be Useful for Astronomy?

AI is practically everywhere right now. But what practical use does it have in science? How can machine learning and large language models help in Astronomy and Cosmology? What can they look like and what use can we get out of them?

🟣 Guest: Dr Mike Smith
https://www.mjjsmith.com/

👉 AstroPT on GitHub: https://github.com/Smith42/astroPT
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📜 AstroPT: Scaling Large Observation Models for Astronomy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14930

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00:00 Intro
01:40 AI in modern science
05:33 Astronomy data for AstroPT
10:50 How does it work
17:15 How people can use AstroPT
19:58 Training data
22:45 Better understanding of Physics
28:58 What's next
38:51 The perfect data to feed AI
43:55 Current obsessions
47:40 Final thoughts


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