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I worked in the lab that helped develop folding@home, as well as the game where the crowd was the chaotically trained machine that folded and unfolded one amino
by dluan 6y ago
I worked in the lab that helped develop folding@home, as well as the game where the crowd was the chaotically trained machine that folded and unfolded one amino acid at a time. This feels like a pretty significant new chapter in the humanity movie.
A few times, I get immense pangs of jealousy for younger people a generation or a half before me. And I'm only 30! This is one of those times.
- maxlamb 6y agoIs the team really that young? 20 year olds?
- sgillen 6y agoI think he means that those who are in their teens / even younger now will get to experience immensely cool tech in their lifetime.
- dluan 6y agoWhen I was there, it was a lot of smart grad students and undergrads, and the occasional old professor :) That group held the previous highest scores.