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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Biology has already handed us an alien library: hundreds of millions of protein machines we do not understand and can only study one at a time. Biology has already handed us analien library: hundreds of millionsof protein machines we do notunderstand and can only study one ata time. MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Biology keeps turning up whole classes of things nobody knew existed, and that is what defeats attempts to model it. — tap to centre the map on it Biology keeps turning up wholeclasses of things nobody knewexisted, and that is whatdefeats attempts to model it. DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most proteins have no known function, so there is no pile of solid data for a model to learn most of cell biology from. — tap to centre the map on it Most proteins have no knownfunction, so there is no pileof solid data for a model tolearn most of cell biology… DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will not produce a big breakthrough in biological understanding any time soon, because biology has nothing like the clean, complete, high-quality data that made protein-structure prediction work. — tap to centre the map on it AI will not produce a bigbreakthrough in biologicalunderstanding any time soon,because biology has nothing… DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A narrow, highly accurate model can beat a general one inside its own domain, as AlphaFold did, and materials science and chip design are next. — tap to centre the map on it A narrow, highly accuratemodel can beat a general oneinside its own domain, asAlphaFold did, and materials… JD Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: No single person can understand a result like the Higgs boson in depth, and that is what a paper with a thousand authors actually means. — tap to centre the map on it No single person canunderstand a result like theHiggs boson in depth, and thatis what a paper with a… MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Large language models are a bad way to do science, because they have been fed so much that nobody knows what they already knew. — tap to centre the map on it Large language models are abad way to do science, becausethey have been fed so muchthat nobody knows what they… RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: This work could have been run as a business; open-sourcing it simply puts the tools in more scientists' hands faster. — tap to centre the map on it This work could have been runas a business; open-sourcingit simply puts the tools inmore scientists' hands faster. MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Current AI struggles even to rediscover old laws of physics from data, and when it does, contamination from training is the first suspect. — tap to centre the map on it Current AI struggles even torediscover old laws of physicsfrom data, and when it does,contamination from training is… TT Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Biology has already handed us an alien library: hundreds of millions of protein machines we do not understand and can only study one at a time. Holds Michael Nielsen Read this korrent →