A new class of antibiotics for drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria which was discovered using more transparent deep learning models.
  • joeyv120@ttrpg.network
    266·
    9 months ago

    Chemistry, biology, and medicine are the few places where AI can provide real benefits to our world.

    • Shawdow194@kbin.social
      61·
      9 months ago

      I think its providing real benefits in almost everywhere it’s being applied

      There are drawbacks, but even with those AI and more advanced learning models have a generally positive impact in the fields their being introduced in

    • andy_wijaya_med@lemmy.world
      61·
      9 months ago

      That’s the real use of AI/ automation. So that people has more time to engage in more important things, like art and philosophy.

    • Gabu@lemmy.ml
      65·
      9 months ago

      Nah, A.I. can provide benefits in literally all areas of knowledge. I’m hopeful that one day humanity itself will be fully phased out in favor of artificial life.

        • Gabu@lemmy.ml
          12·
          9 months ago

          AI isn’t a grift, it’s the obvious conclusion of our technological advancements. Artificial life can be perfect in all ways we can’t. Also, elimination of the existence of a working class to begin with is both the ultimate goal and a good thing.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
      1·
      9 months ago

      To be clear, “AI” has been used for decades in life science. It’s called Bioinformatics. The recent trend of thinking of “AI” as generative language/image models is leaking into some clickbaity journalism here.

      This is a cool innovation, but the computer science in use here is not new and has nothing to do with the recent explosion of generative AI models

  • pingveno@lemmy.mlEnglish
    14·
    9 months ago

    From what I’ve heard, part of the problem for antibiotics has been economic. There just isn’t a great return on investment for pharmaceutical companies to bring antibiotics to market compared to other drugs. Lowering the cost of discovery could hypothetically help develop new antibiotics and combat drug resistance. Or it could just provide another excuse for the agriculture industry to pump livestock full of antibiotics, thereby wasting any progress.