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Oneironaut

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7. Yup. The headline would make people believe they typed "design a vaccine for me" in Claude or something.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 09:47 AM

7 hrs ago

The scientific part of “AI” is not a bs scam, and, is actually helping contribute to our scientific knowledge by doing what computers do well - analyzing data.

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Vaccine made by AI will shield against mutations [View all] Celerity 13 hrs ago OP

Cool! I'd volunteer, too! QueerDuck 11 hrs ago #1

As someone who gets colds that last 3 weeks, I'm hoping this works EdmondDantes_ 9 hrs ago #2

And now anti-vax AI cheerleaders find themselves on the horns of a dilemma. tanyev 8 hrs ago #3

Until AI decides Trashman272 8 hrs ago #4

The term "AI" has become shorthand for so many things that it's irresponsible to use it to describe what's happening WhiskeyGrinder 8 hrs ago #5

Do you know more details about the methodology ? I'm no expert here, but I'm guessing this was basically ... eppur_se_muova 7 hrs ago #6

you're right WhiskeyGrinder 7 hrs ago #8

See reply 10. highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #11

Yup. The headline would make people believe they typed "design a vaccine for me" in Claude or something. Oneironaut 7 hrs ago #7

yep it's the kind of work that's been going on for years before "chatgpt" or "claude" were so widely promoted WhiskeyGrinder 6 hrs ago #9

I agree. See reply 10. highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #12

Researchers used all the genetic sequencing data collected for Sarbeco coronaviruses by monitoring programmes around the Celerity 3 hrs ago #14

Testing of the new vaccine started in 2021. They used machine learning to develop the vaccine before that. NOT genAI, highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #10

Thanks for taking the effort to put together a very informative reply ! I've read about things like large-scale surveys eppur_se_muova 4 hrs ago #13

You're very welcome! highplainsdem 1 hr ago #16

"researchers found no significant side-effects." LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #15