News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of al... by variadix on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @04:57PM (#40302650)
I was mainly responding to the claim that these black boxes produce a hypothesis that is useful as a basis for scientific theories. I don’t think it does, because it offers no explanation as to the how and why, which is as we agree the primary goal. It doesn’t provide a hypothesis per se, just a prediction, which is useful technologically and should indicate that there is more to be discovered (see my response to the sibling reply) scientifically but offers no motivating explanation.

There are no comments on this comment yet.