Azalia Mirhoseini

Azalia Mirhoseini, a research scientist at Google Brain, is using artificial intelligence itself to make better chips for artificial intelligence. Many microchips that are used for AI weren't specifically built for it. Most are repurposed from hardware used in video and gaming. As a result, these older, human-engineered designs leave much to be desired in terms of energy efficiency, cost, and functionality. Mirhoseini's system--which trained itself using trial and error, based on the AI concept of reinforcement learning--can produce chip designs in just a few hours.