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Algorithms only get better. Did Google "solve" computer Go when AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol, when Master beat Ke Jie, or when AlphaZero learned Go from scratch? Eve
by mantap 6y ago
Algorithms only get better. Did Google "solve" computer Go when AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol, when Master beat Ke Jie, or when AlphaZero learned Go from scratch?
Even though Google only won 4/5 games against Lee Sedol, that was the moment that sticks in peoples minds as when Google solved the problem of computer Go. What happened afterwards was a process of perfecting the algorithm. It seems likely the next few years will bring the same for AlphaFold.
- titzer 6y agoBut in this case AlphaFold is only marginally better than other algorithms. Since we are comparing computer algorithms (and not a human to an algorithm), it'd be like saying Usain Bolt "solved" the 100m dash when he set a new world record. Is it solved though, without knowing how fast those other algorithms are advancing?
- visarga 6y agohave you seen the performance graph? it went from 40% (other teams) to 60% (DeepMind 2 years ago) to 92% now.
- yread 6y agohere is a nice case where alphafold did way better than others https://twitter.com/TassosPerrakis/status/1333535594002132996/photo/1 https://twitter.com/TassosPerrakis/status/133353559400213299... Tassos is also a professor in structural biology. Discovering structures the experimental way. EDIT: on the other hand he also agrees that it's not the end of experimental structural biology https://twitter.com/TassosPerrakis/status/1334024678311079936 https://twitter.com/TassosPerrakis/status/133402467831107993...
- tigershark 6y agoNo it’s not. AlphaFold is a huge advancement on all the other solutions. Solutions that were based on the already massive improvement that DeepMind brought in the previous edition.