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How technology breakthroughs typically go. (startrek.website)
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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

True. I have heard of AI protein folding and that's used as a tool for understanding metabolism and making new medicine. Antibiotics not such much I think but I would happily stand corrected.

My point is, it's not the one solution that fixes everything but a tool that's already applied where it can be. I'm not even sure that's a point at all since OP's post is obviously a hyperbole and more about "we use this very potent technology for porn". Don't take my first comment as a disagreement but rather as a FYI or whatever.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It also conveniently ignores that different people can do different things. While one person is using it for porn another is cataloging genetic sequences AI creates from non-carbon organisms.

It can always be both!

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Citation needed for non carbon organisms but otherwise yes

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately I was just joking.

But also, can you really source a guy in his basement doing genetic sequencing? Not... Not really...