MIT: AI helps design new materials that work in the real world

MIT researchers report that while AI can generate millions of new material designs in minutes, few are used in real-world products like computer chips and rockets due to a translation gap between design and practical application.

Today, anyone with a large enough artificial intelligence model can generate millions of new material designs in minutes. Unfortunately, that hasn’t led to a huge leap in the number of new materials being used to improve the performance of products like computer chips and rockets. One reason for the translation gap is that current models …