Re:AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of al...
by tantalor on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @01:02PM
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This type of thing is called an "oracle".
We've had stuff like this for a long time.
Notable examples:
- Temple priestesses
- Tea-leaf reading
- Water scrying
- Palmistry
- Clairvoyance
- Feng shui
- Astrology
The only difference is, the ML model is really quite good at it.
Re:AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of al...
by unsupp0rted on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @01:34PM
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> The only difference is, the ML model is really quite good at it.
That's the crux of it: we've had theories of physics and chemistry since before writing was invented.
None of that mattered until we came upon the ones that actually work.
Thank God! As a person who uses my brain, I think I can say, pretty definitively, that people are bad at understanding things.
If this actually pans out, it means we will have harnessed knowledge/truth as a fundamental force, like fire or electricity. The "black box" as a building block.