3 ms·

Can anyone describe how/where this actually fits into Meta's businesses? "As a test case, they decided to wield their model on a database of bulk-sequenced ‘me

Can anyone describe how/where this actually fits into Meta's businesses? "As a test case, they decided to wield their model on a database of bulk-sequenced ‘metagenomic’ DNA from environmental sources including soil, seawater, the human gut, skin and other microbial habitats." Meta has a lot of data, but I'm unaware of them having a presence in the environmental/medical diagnostics industry which is where I assume this would be applied Perhaps they are going for a Bell Labs kind of structure?

bawolff 4y ago
It gives them cred, cred in turn makes it easier to hire smart people in this field which has overlap with things that are actually meta's business.
- LightG 4y ago
  * stifled laughter * Genuinely sorry.
  - aierou 4y ago
    It sounds like a joke, but despite public opinion, Meta is one of the top AI research groups in the world.
alecfreudenberg 4y ago
How could they not
justapassenger 4y ago
Meta has been one of the powerhouses of AI research for many years now. Why? Recruiting most likely.
- AndrewKemendo 4y ago
  Yes, however all of that research was directly applicable to the Meta family of companies products - most specifically around NLP, image processing and computer vision with some work in RL. So it was applicable to the company, in addition to being good for recruiting. Unclear what products this would apply to
- m12k 4y ago
  Improving the newsfeed algorithm. Automating content moderation. Creating content for the upcoming Metaverse. Realistic virtual characters for the Metaverse. Whether or not we like, or agree with, or believe in their goals (I don't), I think it's hard to argue that competence in AI is not useful for them.
ZetaZero 4y ago
> Can anyone describe how/where this actually fits into Meta's businesses? AI can predict the behavior of the users, feeding them as many relevant ads as possible, while keeping them engaged.
- strangattractor 4y ago
  I think they were asking with regards to why does Meta cares about Protein structure. It doesn't care but it does help them keep up with the state of the art in ML I suppose.
it_citizen 4y ago
To keep Zuckerberg AI up-to-date most likely
Mockapapella 4y ago
Probably the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative https://chanzuckerberg.com/ https://chanzuckerberg.com/ They have a stated goal of eradication all diseases by 2100
- dbish 4y ago
  This is a completely separate business from Meta.
  - timy2shoes 4y ago
    About as separate as Tesla is from Twitter.

bawolff 4y ago

It gives them cred, cred in turn makes it easier to hire smart people in this field which has overlap with things that are actually meta's business.

LightG 4y ago
* stifled laughter * Genuinely sorry.
- aierou 4y ago
  It sounds like a joke, but despite public opinion, Meta is one of the top AI research groups in the world.

alecfreudenberg 4y ago

How could they not

justapassenger 4y ago

Meta has been one of the powerhouses of AI research for many years now. Why? Recruiting most likely.

AndrewKemendo 4y ago
Yes, however all of that research was directly applicable to the Meta family of companies products - most specifically around NLP, image processing and computer vision with some work in RL. So it was applicable to the company, in addition to being good for recruiting. Unclear what products this would apply to
m12k 4y ago
Improving the newsfeed algorithm. Automating content moderation. Creating content for the upcoming Metaverse. Realistic virtual characters for the Metaverse. Whether or not we like, or agree with, or believe in their goals (I don't), I think it's hard to argue that competence in AI is not useful for them.

ZetaZero 4y ago

> Can anyone describe how/where this actually fits into Meta's businesses? AI can predict the behavior of the users, feeding them as many relevant ads as possible, while keeping them engaged.

strangattractor 4y ago
I think they were asking with regards to why does Meta cares about Protein structure. It doesn't care but it does help them keep up with the state of the art in ML I suppose.

it_citizen 4y ago

To keep Zuckerberg AI up-to-date most likely

Mockapapella 4y ago

Probably the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative https://chanzuckerberg.com/ https://chanzuckerberg.com/ They have a stated goal of eradication all diseases by 2100

dbish 4y ago
This is a completely separate business from Meta.
- timy2shoes 4y ago
  About as separate as Tesla is from Twitter.