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Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini
www.engadget.com/2225849/google-shuts-down-alphafold/
EngadgetGoogle shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini - EngadgetDeepMind's award-winning AlphaFold team is no more.
Replying to @JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org
The cost in preventable deaths, had we been continuing protein research instead of pouring the world’s resources into a fancy autocorrect, is incalculable.
Replying to @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Honestly they could’ve pointed AI at this problem to try and rack up at least some positive AI press coverage
Replying to @Archer@lemmy.world
But… Alpha fold is AI.
Replying to @ranzispa@mander.xyz
Actual, real, machine-learning artificial-intelligence. Not this sycophantic human mimic shit everybody’s fallen head over heels for. At the very bare-minimum comparison, AlphaFold had an established use-case.