Solving physics isn't a soft thing like making pretty art.
I'm firmly in the "AI/ML will eat the world" camp, but the praises being foisted upon AlphaFold are borderline damaging to the real field and its practice.
You can't throw AlphaFold at pharmaceutical problems and call it a day. This press feels like a "mission accomplished" victory lap when it's very clear we're only just getting started.
Solving physics isn't a soft thing like making pretty art.
I'm firmly in the "AI/ML will eat the world" camp, but the praises being foisted upon AlphaFold are borderline damaging to the real field and its practice.
You can't throw AlphaFold at pharmaceutical problems and call it a day. This press feels like a "mission accomplished" victory lap when it's very clear we're only just getting started.