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Every simulator is going to have error. In this case this biennial challenge represents the computational state of the art with scores of 30-40 over the last decade. The AlphaFold2 model sends that score up to 87 with errors about than the width of the atom. You can actually see the difference between their prediction and the actual result and it’s stunning. This is all on the blog site so I recommend reading before throwing shade.



I read the blog. But there’s a big difference between a mind blowing tech demo and something that can be used in a commercially viable process.


There's a difference between being a random commentator on HN and being one of the several experts in the field quoted in the article, among other things, predicting a mass exodus from the computational biology field as the major problem of that field is now solved.


Are you always so dismissive of Nobel-level achievements?




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