This morning at P1 a handful of lucky of lab members got to see the telescope while centre secretary Björg had the dome open for a building tour 🔭 (1/7)
May 9, 2025 22:30You can read more about the old observatory (the current home of P1) in this Wikipedia article (2/7)
Østervold Observatory - Wikipedia
In front of our building stands a statue of Tycho Brahe — a tribute not just to Denmark’s scientific heritage, but to the spirit of inquiry that defines our field today (3/7)
Brahe didn’t formulate the laws of planetary motion, nor did he have the mathematical tools to do so. But through relentless observation and accurate measurement, he assembled a foundation of data that enabled the breakthroughs of Kepler and Galileo. (4/7)
We believe AI today is at a similar juncture. We are observing extraordinary capabilities in large-scale models — emergent behaviors, generalization across modalities, alignment challenges — but we lack an elegant theory to explain what we see. (5/7)
Like Brahe, we are navigating a universe of patterns, charting phenomena whose significance may only become clear in hindsight. Our ambition is to go beyond observation. (6/7)
We aspire to cultivate the next generation of AI researchers — those who will be the Keplers and Galileos of artificial intelligence. Researchers who will transform empirical mystery into theoretical clarity, and in doing so, redefine the foundations of intelligence itself. (7/7)
