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And yet, even after 5 years there's no sign of any real, meaningful drugs, even just Phase I trials. In 5 - 10 years (which will be 10 to 15 years after AlphaFo
by TaupeRanger 3y ago
And yet, even after 5 years there's no sign of any real, meaningful drugs, even just Phase I trials. In 5 - 10 years (which will be 10 to 15 years after AlphaFold was released) I am willing to bet real money that there will be zero drugs discovered by AlphaFold that meet the following criteria:
1) The drug couldn't have been discovered without AlphaFold
2) It has been proven to reduce all cause mortality (the thing real patients actually care about) in a randomized controlled clinical trial BETTER than the prior standard of care (or significantly more cheaply, or with significantly reduced side effects)
- hugopenmir 3y agoSend them your resume or ideas about how to do it faster and better, it could help !
- TaupeRanger 3y agoThere is no way to do it faster or better with these techniques. It is a waste of money - that's the entire point. My advice would be: stop wasting time, money, and human brainpower. Go off and try entirely new approaches to AI that might actually work!
- chpatrick 3y agoThis is such a bizarre take. AlphaFold is faster and better - but it still takes years to develop anything in the life sciences. It's like pointing to special relativity in 1905 and saying it'll never be useful for anything.