# AI that connects the digital and physical worlds

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2024
- Speaker: Anima Anandkumar
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Engineering, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/anima_anandkumar_ai_that_connects_the_digital_and_physical_worlds)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"While language models may help generate new ideas, they cannot attack the hard part of science, which is simulating the necessary physics," says AI professor Anima Anandkumar. She explains how her team developed neural operators — AI trained on the finest details of the real world — to bridge this gap, sharing recent projects ranging from improved weather forecasting to cutting-edge medical device design that demonstrate the power of AI with universal physical understanding.

## Lectures

1. [AI that connects the digital and physical worlds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/anima_anandkumar_ai_that_connects_the_digital_and_physical_worlds/229af4c11840), 10 min (TED's player)