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Let’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.
The 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…
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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 ...
The 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
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I don't think it should be outright banned, automated intelligence is like a gun, hammer, knife, nuclear warhead, etc.
I see that intelligence itself is a tool, but that doesn't mean I want an automated gun, automated hammer, automated nuclear warhead, etc.
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I see that intelligence itself is a tool, but that doesn't mean I want an automated gun, automated hammer, automated nuclear warhead, etc.
You may not want them, but the NRA certainly wants that you want them.
The 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
The 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…
I remember two years ago, when I actually got into using graph data structures, wondering if maybe the "space" of available reactions for any given starter and target molecules could be mapped as a graph, with intermediates as nodes and reactions as weighted directed edges, so synthesis becomes pathfinding through chemical space.
Turns out, it’s a thing! [^0]
Edit: Makes you wonder how much interesting stuff is sitting in plain sight, waiting for someone with the right cross-domain awareness / knowledge / whatever to notice it.