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Re:I Received an AI Email by EdwardDiego on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @05:57AM (#40864426)
Which gigantic issues has it solved? Curious to know.
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Re:I Received an AI Email by k8sagic on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @06:12AM (#40864512)
I actually listed them up directly after.

For example alphafold: Protein folding. It is also now used in fusion reactor plasma control

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Re:I Received an AI Email by EdwardDiego on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @06:26AM (#40864595)
It didn't solve protein folding. It led to new areas of inquiry, but it didn't solve it.

May I recommend reading Derek Lowe's "In The Pipeline" blog for a realistic discussion of the actual impact of Alphafold? [0]

And seeing as we don't have viable fusion yet, saying it "solved" it is really reaching. I'm sure it's helping, but solved? No.

[0]: https://www.science.org/topic/blog-category/ai-and-machine-l...

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