Making Claude a Chemist
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Making Claude a Chemist
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Re: Making Claude a Chemist
#2Let’s ban this before it gets too powerful !
Re: Making Claude a Chemist
#3What good is it if you can't use it? Or worse, if you can but it silently sabotages you?
Re: Making Claude a Chemist
#4Let’s ban this before it gets too powerful !
I don't think it should be outright banned, automated intelligence is like a gun, hammer, knife, nuclear warhead, etc.
Re: Making Claude a Chemist
#5What good is it if you can't use it? Or worse, if you can but it silently sabotages you?
> We measured three Claude models (Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6)
You can use those and they probably won't intentionally sabotage you.
Re: Making Claude a Chemist
#6The non-professional side of Organic Chemistry is one place where I think AI would really shine.
Feels complex like solving a Rubik's cube to write down synthesis steps but it is all a sequence of memorized tricks. Do Cannizaro if you want this, Bergmann to do that.
But the synthesis plan is only 10% of the actual work.
The gap between writing down the synthesis step and actually doing it is also extremely large.
Even if you get the right molecule, it might be the wrong way around or just clump up into a useless mess.
The Ritonavir episode of Veritasium is a great example of how all chemistry on paper is a mere shadow of what actually happens in real life.
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#8inb4 someone calls Bessent to explain how this can be used in fentanyl production.
Re: Making Claude a Chemist
#9The non-professional side of Organic Chemistry is one place where I think AI would really shine. Feels complex like solving a Rubik's cube to write down synthesis steps but it is all a sequence of memorized tricks. Do Cannizaro if you want this, Bergmann to do that. But the synthesis plan is only 10% of the actual work. The gap between writing down the synthesis step and actually doing it is also extremely large. Eve…
> Even if you get the right molecule, it might be the wrong way around or just clump up into a useless mess.
Sounds a lot like vibe coding lol
Re: Making Claude a Chemist
#10Let’s ban this before it gets too powerful !
I don't think it should be outright banned, automated intelligence is like a gun, hammer, knife, nuclear warhead, etc.
not really, though. you don't see automated intelligence in the hands of junkies et al. ... and you don't see it coming, either ...