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DeepMind has a website highlighting some of the applications of AlphaFold (https://unfolded.deepmind.com https://unfolded.deepmind.com), and apparently it has i

• TaupeRanger 4y ago
  Yes, again very good for the company's PR and padding researcher CVs. But no actual benefit to humankind has happened - again, the hype remains to be justified (or not). Notice the carefully vapid wording: doing [some nebulous thing] to "fight" [some terrible sounding thing], or "this could do [some holy grail amazing thing]".
  • flobosg 4y ago
    The same could be said of almost all research, but I see your point. Time will tell, I guess.
  • collyw 4y ago
    Agreed, like the James Web telescope, a load of hype about the beautiful images and how much would be discovered as a result of it. Sure we will be able to see further into the universe, but I am still trying to work out what practical application it will have beyond pretty pictures. Anyway, the hype is over, no one in my social media circle who were amazed by it have gone on to post a second picture. Meanwhile a drunk scientist put out a picture of a piece of chorizoand trolled them all. I see it as a merger of "I support the current thing" with "I fucking love science".
  • dekhn 4y ago
    actually, tehre are a number of papers published now using alphafold predictions to benefit. No, nobody cured the world of all diseases, but it does represent a sea-change in prediction quality.