A great interview on the Today Programme this morning with Demis Hassabis about the extraordinary breakthrough DeepMind has achieved in predicting the structures of proteins reminded me of an episode in the Always On chapter about AI. Justin Webb, after making clear what an amazing achievement AlphaFold 2 is, went on to explore the unease some people feel about advances in AI, especially when they come from a powerful American tech giant like Google.
When Hassabis met Hawking...
When Hassabis met Hawking...
When Hassabis met Hawking...
A great interview on the Today Programme this morning with Demis Hassabis about the extraordinary breakthrough DeepMind has achieved in predicting the structures of proteins reminded me of an episode in the Always On chapter about AI. Justin Webb, after making clear what an amazing achievement AlphaFold 2 is, went on to explore the unease some people feel about advances in AI, especially when they come from a powerful American tech giant like Google.