AlphaFold: Using AI for Scientific Discovery

Post by elil17 » Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 8:47 PM UTC

woadwarrior01 wrote: post #6

elil17 wrote: post #3

A bit off topic, but what the hell does the word "Alpha" mean in their marketing? Are they just going to call every AI they create from now on "Alpha_"

It probably has something to do with the parent company being named Alpha_Bet.

Post by atorodius » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 8:40 AM UTC

jeffshek wrote: post #22

elil17 wrote: post #3

A bit off topic, but what the hell does the word "Alpha" mean in their marketing? Are they just going to call every AI they create from now on "Alpha_"

Alpha is also a reference to the "learning rate" in machine learning models.