I've got enough material I couldn't use for this article to write a sequel. Let me know if you want to hear more about these chemists with their mad schemes.
Thank you very much Paul. This is a great and fascinating portrait of what we are doing with our colleagues, from high-school students to faculty at UofT and our consortium member universities. It is humbling. Thank you for bringing this to your readers! I am going to take advantage of this forum to do an “Ask me anything”. If any of the readers has a question, let me know and I will try to answer it in this thread.
The optimist in me - having some early exposure to high performance computing - has believed that the combination of smart people and greater computational heft would start making big problems look quite small. Back then, Queen’s researchers saw weeks of waiting for results crunched into hours. Twenty years later, the promise is exponentially greater. People are smart. And our tools are getting almost as smart.
And don’t overlook the significant implication buried in the details. This person would have been welcomed with open arms anywhere, and chose to relocate here because of greater social peace, which is also deserving of investment.
Wow. Like, really WOW!! A guy in a univeristy that is not obsessed or oppressed by the latest sociological fantasies. And who would have heard of him, were it not for reporting like yours.
Great reporting. Kudos to U of T, CIFAR and the federal government for this joint effort. Public funds well spent. And here’s to Alan Aspuru- Guzik. He deserves our support and our respect.
Thanks for this Paul. Your time and our subscription fees are also well spent!
This on the ground report reminds us of the potential of human discovery and how research is a badly needed counterpoint to the constant doomsday narrative that emanates out of the climate alarm industry.
I’m pleased that the Canadian Government is providing grant money to develop the AI Lab potential. It would be quite an achievement if the U of T produced an organic battery that didn’t require heavy metals (and made from bitumen)! Or found an additive to introduce to tailing ponds that turned the pollutants into carbon sinks. This is just the tip of the iceberg and Canada needs to nurture the concept and build a AI Lab supercluster that can rival counterparts anywhere in the world.
This is an excellent example of Canada's ability to play at a top-tier level in knowledge diplomacy. And who knew that U of T is ranked 2nd in North America among public universities. That's huge.
Wow now that is something. I need to re read it a couple or more times to get it into my head. Full disclosure I found Chemistry and Organic Chemistry really hard. Need the sequel for sure.
I've got enough material I couldn't use for this article to write a sequel. Let me know if you want to hear more about these chemists with their mad schemes.
Thank you very much Paul. This is a great and fascinating portrait of what we are doing with our colleagues, from high-school students to faculty at UofT and our consortium member universities. It is humbling. Thank you for bringing this to your readers! I am going to take advantage of this forum to do an “Ask me anything”. If any of the readers has a question, let me know and I will try to answer it in this thread.
Okay. you made my day with this most excellent piece of work. Thank you thank you thank you!
G*d damn. This might be the single most inspiring thing I've read all year. Thank you Paul and thank you Alan.
Paul this wonderful story is a good example of why you are special.
By all means.
The optimist in me - having some early exposure to high performance computing - has believed that the combination of smart people and greater computational heft would start making big problems look quite small. Back then, Queen’s researchers saw weeks of waiting for results crunched into hours. Twenty years later, the promise is exponentially greater. People are smart. And our tools are getting almost as smart.
And don’t overlook the significant implication buried in the details. This person would have been welcomed with open arms anywhere, and chose to relocate here because of greater social peace, which is also deserving of investment.
I very much want to read more. Stories about motivation for change linked to ambition are sorely needed nowadays.
Wow. Like, really WOW!! A guy in a univeristy that is not obsessed or oppressed by the latest sociological fantasies. And who would have heard of him, were it not for reporting like yours.
Great reporting. Kudos to U of T, CIFAR and the federal government for this joint effort. Public funds well spent. And here’s to Alan Aspuru- Guzik. He deserves our support and our respect.
Thanks for this Paul. Your time and our subscription fees are also well spent!
This on the ground report reminds us of the potential of human discovery and how research is a badly needed counterpoint to the constant doomsday narrative that emanates out of the climate alarm industry.
I’m pleased that the Canadian Government is providing grant money to develop the AI Lab potential. It would be quite an achievement if the U of T produced an organic battery that didn’t require heavy metals (and made from bitumen)! Or found an additive to introduce to tailing ponds that turned the pollutants into carbon sinks. This is just the tip of the iceberg and Canada needs to nurture the concept and build a AI Lab supercluster that can rival counterparts anywhere in the world.
An awesome look at a difficult to grasp subject, well done!
This is an excellent example of Canada's ability to play at a top-tier level in knowledge diplomacy. And who knew that U of T is ranked 2nd in North America among public universities. That's huge.
This is good news, public funds being well invested in this inspiring adventure in chemistry.
We need more of this story. Thank you.
Superb piece!
Wow now that is something. I need to re read it a couple or more times to get it into my head. Full disclosure I found Chemistry and Organic Chemistry really hard. Need the sequel for sure.