Max Welling
The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)
Why the Next AI Breakthrough May Come from Physics with Max Welling
- Published
- August 26, 2026
- Duration
- 58:05
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 27, 2026
Discusses generative-ai.
Summary
The conventional wisdom in AI is that the next breakthrough will come from more compute, more data, and larger models. But what if the next leap comes from somewhere else? In this episode, Max Welling—co-founder and CTO of CuspAI and professor at the University of Amsterdam—argues that physics may provide some of the ideas behind the next generation of AI…
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The conventional wisdom in AI is that the next breakthrough will come from more compute, more data, and larger models. But what if the next leap comes from somewhere else? In this episode, Max Welling—co-founder and CTO of CuspAI and professor at the University of Amsterdam—argues that physics may provide some of the ideas behind the next generation of AI systems. We begin with CuspAI’s work using generative AI to design entirely new materials for semiconductors, batteries, carbon capture, and c
Themes
- generative-ai