People have been applying ML to genome analysis ever since it was first sequenced.

Arguably, bioinformatics was one of the driving forces which differentiated early machine learning methods from classical statistical methods.

What does a light grey comment mean on HN? I've always thought it meant the post had received some downvotes, but this one is grey and is a perfectly fine post. I've been seeing a lot of this for a week or more now.

I think it's because people are tired of "but what about ML applied to [OP topic]?" It's quite frankly tiresome to keep seeing the world from the same lens, as if software trends are applicable to all other scientific advancements.

We should use ML to identify other possible lens through which to view our world perhaps even..