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Re:No, DeepMind has not solved protein folding by jason0597 on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:19PM (#25307257)
I know what I'm about to say is off-topic, but:

>I have 15+ years of postgraduate chemistry/molecular bio/biophysics/biochemistry experience, then quit to go into tech, worked for AI hardware and now AI-driven software startups, mostly as backend

What made you quit biochemistry and enter tech and AI?

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Re:No, DeepMind has not solved protein folding by dnautics on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:22PM (#25307300)
I have a strong anti-IP position: Didn't want to work for pharma, lost the battle to get into academia, didn't appreciate how much academia doesn't care about your science and how much you have to play politics to get in. I was always good at programming, figured it pays well (it does). Open source feels good, even with its warts.
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