Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days Hans Jensen Lecture: Centaur Science. Adventures in AI and Physics

The mythical centaur (half human, half horse) has become a metaphor for human-AI collaboration.  In this talk, Prof. Thaler explores what centaur science looks like at the intersection of artificial intelligence and fundamental physics. He shares adventures from both directions of this exchange: teaching machines to “think like a physicist” by incorporating physics principles into machine learning frameworks, and teaching physicists to “think like a machine” to maximize discovery opportunities in both experimental and theoretical physics.