JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoGoogle shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Geminiwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down13
arrow-up1362arrow-down1external-linkGoogle shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Geminiwww.engadget.comJensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up162arrow-down1·12 hours agoThe cost in preventable deaths, had we been continuing protein research instead of pouring the world’s resources into a fancy autocorrect, is incalculable.
minus-squareAAA@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 hour agoBut you need to understand, preventing deaths doesn’t make Google any money. Please think about the poor corporation!
minus-squareswoopy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 minutes agoI think this is a miscalculation on Google’s part because dead people can’t buy their products.
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-28 hours agoHonestly they could’ve pointed AI at this problem to try and rack up at least some positive AI press coverage
The cost in preventable deaths, had we been continuing protein research instead of pouring the world’s resources into a fancy autocorrect, is incalculable.
But you need to understand, preventing deaths doesn’t make Google any money. Please think about the poor corporation!
I think this is a miscalculation on Google’s part because dead people can’t buy their products.
Honestly they could’ve pointed AI at this problem to try and rack up at least some positive AI press coverage
But… Alpha fold is AI.