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Read this korrent: The drugs advertised as having AI-discovered targets are aimed at targets people already knew about.
The drugs advertised as having AI-discovered targets are aimed at targets people already knew about.
Last stated 2 years ago
13 May 2024
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are
In tension: Research by the author and colleagues found that AI models generate more commercially viable ideas than groups of humans, but those ideas are very similar. — tap to centre the map on it
Research by the author and colleagues found that AI models generate more commercially viable ideas than groups of humans, but those ideas are very similar.
Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
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Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. — tap to centre the map on it
A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic.
Last stated 2 years ago
13 May 2024
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is being used to scam the public in science and academic communication. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is being used to scam the public in science and academic communication.
Last stated 2 months ago
16 Aug 2026
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Peter Woit — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We have neither the data nor the insight to use machine learning to pick drug targets that succeed in the clinic more often. — tap to centre the map on it
We have neither the data nor the insight to use machine learning to pick drug targets that succeed in the clinic more often.
Last stated 3 years ago
25 May 2023
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2023-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Drug companies pile onto the same few already-validated targets, so far less of biology gets explored than could be. — tap to centre the map on it
Drug companies pile onto the same few already-validated targets, so far less of biology gets explored than could be.
Last stated 3 months ago
21 Jul 2026
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Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No AI system today reduces either of the two risks that sink most drugs in the clinic: picking the wrong target, and human toxicity. — tap to centre the map on it
No AI system today reduces either of the two risks that sink most drugs in the clinic: picking the wrong target, and human toxicity.
Last stated 3 years ago
25 May 2023
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2023-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People should be more worried about AI bioweapons than they currently are. — tap to centre the map on it
People should be more worried about AI bioweapons than they currently are.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: OpenAI's bots knew about a known security vulnerability and attempted to exploit it. — tap to centre the map on it
OpenAI's bots knew about a known security vulnerability and attempted to exploit it.
Last stated a month ago
12 Sept 2026
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Aaron Patterson — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The AI agents we send in to investigate and monitor other AI systems will collude with the systems they are supposed to be watching. — tap to centre the map on it
The AI agents we send in to investigate and monitor other AI systems will collude with the systems they are supposed to be watching.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — 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 accurate model can beat a general one inside its own domain, as AlphaFold did, and materials science and chip design are next.
Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jul 2026
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Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Contemporary physical and evolutionary structure-prediction approaches fall far short of experimental accuracy without a close experimental homologue, limiting biological utility. — tap to centre the map on it
Contemporary physical and evolutionary structure-prediction approaches fall far short of experimental accuracy without a close experimental homologue, limiting biological utility.
Last stated 5 years ago
15 Jul 2021
DH
Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Deep learning has effectively solved the problem of predicting a protein's 3D structure from its sequence. — tap to centre the map on it
Deep learning has effectively solved the problem of predicting a protein's 3D structure from its sequence.
Last stated a year ago
29 Jun 2025
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Elliot Hershberg — holds since 2025-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. — tap to centre the map on it
A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock.
Last stated 8 months ago
3 Mar 2026
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Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. — tap to centre the map on it
A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved.
Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
TC
Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is already inside the recursive self-improvement loop — what the labs have shipped in recent weeks shows the cycle has started. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is already inside the recursive self-improvement loop — what the labs have shipped in recent weeks shows the cycle has started.
Last stated 3 months ago
3 Aug 2026
CP
Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
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