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eppur_se_muova

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13. Thanks for taking the effort to put together a very informative reply ! I've read about things like large-scale surveys
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 12:18 PM
14 hrs ago

of archaeological sites, design of enzyme inhibitors, and other "data intensive" investigations -- plus others whose details I don't recall -- benefiting from machine learning. I've slowly come to realize that confusing people on what "AI" really is is probably a deliberate ploy -- machine learning has some real successes to its credit, but LLMs have delivered one boner after another, many of them quite dangerous, even potentially disastrous. Not good for IPOs, I'm sure ! So, dilute/camouflage the bad news with genuine (but not really related) good news, and suddenly AI can be made to look more worthwhile, if you don't look too closely.

I'm still expecting "AI", as it exists in corporate America's marketing departments, to result in huge writeoffs for corps. I've posted an article about that a couple of times.

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Cool! I'd volunteer, too! QueerDuck 21 hrs ago #1
As someone who gets colds that last 3 weeks, I'm hoping this works EdmondDantes_ 19 hrs ago #2
And now anti-vax AI cheerleaders find themselves on the horns of a dilemma. tanyev 18 hrs ago #3
Until AI decides Trashman272 18 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 18 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 17 hrs ago #6
you're right WhiskeyGrinder 17 hrs ago #8
See reply 10. highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #11
Yup. The headline would make people believe they typed "design a vaccine for me" in Claude or something. Oneironaut 17 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 17 hrs ago #9
I agree. See reply 10. highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #12
Researchers used all the genetic sequencing data collected for Sarbeco coronaviruses by monitoring programmes around the Celerity 13 hrs ago #14
Testing of the new vaccine started in 2021. They used machine learning to develop the vaccine before that. NOT genAI, highplainsdem 14 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 14 hrs ago #13
You're very welcome! highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #16
"researchers found no significant side-effects." LudwigPastorius 12 hrs ago #15
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