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A comment on Foldit – A game that contributes to protein folding research.

Re:Foldit – A game that contributes to protein folding research by dsfsdfd on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @08:52AM (#8819321)
Why is machine learning not good for this?
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Re:Foldit – A game that contributes to protein folding research by knowtheory on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @09:34AM (#8819457)
if you read up on foldit they take a hybrid strategy, for proteins that are simpler, they are using automated techniques. For proteins that are more complicated and harder to solve where folding requires satisfying a variety of conflicting constraints, Foldit is an experiment in using computer assisted human solving.
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