What DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 really achieved (2020)

Re:What DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 really achieved (2020) by teorema on Monday July 12, 2021 @09:44AM (#27810172)

Lets say we're talking about VCs and shareholders. Shouldn't the public enjoy the same expectations? Especially when we're just talking about a zero percent payback?

I think there's a legitimate argument taxes exist for this sort of thing, but (1) taxes arguably are avoided in various ways to the point it's a currently broken system, and (2) this is a rare case where the government has a clear case for a specific amount of money owed by a specific company — why not keep it simple?

If the grants aren't worth paying back at zero percent, the corporation shouldn't be taking them.

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Re:What DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 really achieved (2020) by bitcurious on Monday July 12, 2021 @10:43AM (#27810766)

>Shouldn't the public enjoy the same expectations?

The public absolutely should have some ROI, and in fact does in the form of taxes.

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Re:What DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 really achieved (2020) by Swenrekcah on Monday July 12, 2021 @11:06AM (#27811024)

So many problems could be solved if corporations only paid their taxes without all the avoidance and/or evasion gymnastics.

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