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This reminds me of the criticisms of Copilot (GPT-3 application to generate computer code). Many engineers will say it doesn't code. It just regurgitates and r
by acapybara 4y ago
This reminds me of the criticisms of Copilot (GPT-3 application to generate computer code).
Many engineers will say it doesn't code. It just regurgitates and remixes the data it was trained on. It just makes "meta-heuristic guesses."
But anyone taking an honest and objective view of it can see that Copilot does add value. It's no substitute for a real, human, engineer, but it clearly adds value.
I don't think AlphaFold would get to this level of funding, resource commitment, etc. if it was adding 0 value.
Being a domain expert, I'm curious what value, if any, you think a large transformer model could add to the domain of protein folding. Is it really zero value, in your view?
- misnome 4y ago> I don't think AlphaFold would get to this level of funding, resource commitment, etc. if it was adding 0 value They didn't say that it added zero value, that's entirely you. They said that it doesn't solve the problem on its' own, which is true.
- m00x 4y agoThe computer doesn't solve problems on its own, but it is objectively a breakthrough technology. It's pretty clear that AlphaFold is a phenomenal innovation.
- mnd999 4y agoCopilot adds value to Gitlab if that’s what you mean.
- falcor84 4y agoDid you mean "GitHub", or did I miss the joke?
- mnd999 4y agoYeah, you missed it. GitHub ripping off everyone’s code to build copilot has caused a small (not as big as it should have been imho) exodus of open source projects to Gitlab and others. I still don’t see how it’s a good idea to import unknown code with unknown licenses into your project, but apparently if copilot does it it’s okay.