Episode
A Professor Says AI Beat Him at Science. Now What?
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- Broadcast Retirement Network
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- Aug 28, 2026
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- 955
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Summary
What happens when the tools you built start to outpace you? Astronomer J. Xavier Prochaska, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, reveals how artificial intelligence is transforming science at breathtaking speed — writing code, drafting research proposals, and uncovering exoplanets in decades-old data — pushing him to work "100 times" faster than ever before.