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Re:Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI by narrator on Monday July 22, 2019 @12:10PM (#20499389)
There are certain types of algorithms such as protein folding that are exponential time in silicon, but constant time in biochemistry. Right now AI can approximate polynomial time algorithms like alpha/beta minimax for game playing in constant time, but can it approximate exponential time algorithms in constant time?
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Re:Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI by sgt101 on Monday July 22, 2019 @01:40PM (#20500349)
no.

Although, it isn't clear to me that humans can do that either.

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Re:Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI by narrator on Monday July 22, 2019 @05:39PM (#20502579)
We don't simulate folding the proteins though. We actually do it for real in every cell in our body and we do it really fast.
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