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Re:Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms discovered u... by girvo on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @10:08PM (#36236280)
I think it's fair to say that it (where "it" is defined as "DeepMind's contribution to the protein folding problem") hasn't yet given us massive improvements to the human condition.

It might, and in fact I think it probably will. But it hasn't yet.

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Re:Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms discovered u... by bawolff on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @11:40PM (#36236891)
When the biggest criticism of deep mind is it hasn't literally saved the world yet, i think that is pretty telling about how impressive it really is.
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Re:Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms discovered u... by TaupeRanger on Thursday June 08, 2023 @09:34AM (#36241631)
That isn't the criticism at all. The criticism is that it hasn't done ANYTHING, and has probably been a net negative since human brainpower and energy costs are being spent on (so far) useless technology for 5 years. It's not that it hasn't saved the world, it's that it's worse than useless.
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