No. Alphafold is absolutely amazing and one of those shining beacons of what humanity can accomplish when we optimize for the greater good — or the other bottom line.
What I’m saying is, I don’t think there’s another one project like it in the pipeline…not from the company that’s focusing its resources and talents on throttling browsers with adblockers.
I realize that this is an oversimplification and these changes take decades to become fully realized but you have to admit, it’s a bizarre thing to focus on from the company that literally solved protein folding.
These geniuses were advancing humankind and at some point and now they’re doing “this”.
DeepMind is only possible because of ad money, though. The people who ensure Google has the funds to invest in such projects are a critical part of the team.
As for more projects in the pipeline, well, see the sibling post by dekhn. It's hard to know what's important to work on if you aren't actually on the front lines. DeepMind did AlphaFold because it saw a way to apply its general AI research to biotech, not because it's a biotech firm.
What I’m saying is, I don’t think there’s another one project like it in the pipeline…not from the company that’s focusing its resources and talents on throttling browsers with adblockers.
I realize that this is an oversimplification and these changes take decades to become fully realized but you have to admit, it’s a bizarre thing to focus on from the company that literally solved protein folding.
These geniuses were advancing humankind and at some point and now they’re doing “this”.