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Because only the experts in this field get to tell us, the laymen, what "solving the protein folding problem means", and they defined it not as "perfect" but as
by TheRealPomax 6y ago
Because only the experts in this field get to tell us, the laymen, what "solving the protein folding problem means", and they defined it not as "perfect" but as "more than good enough to be acceptable as correct result". Which this did.
X has actually solved Y. That's not so much "massively cool", that's historical.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoI think the “they” you’re referring to is only whatever PR person wrote the headline. Nowhere in the substance of this (PR!) post does it refer to it as anything but a great leap. When an expert in the field outside of deepmind says protein folding has been solved, I’ll believe it.
- nharada 6y agoIt does appear other experts in the field are claiming this: https://twitter.com/MoAlQuraishi/status/1333383769861054464 https://twitter.com/MoAlQuraishi/status/1333383769861054464