Can this be used with a 23andMe genome to find pathogenic mutations?
Not really, no.
AlphaGenome Atlas: a high-resolution map of human DNA
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It's "shareholder-linked" (probably not "driven"), but yes, upvoted. Nonetheless, even when with grave faults in the path, Google has managed to give us marvellous, paramount free resources (Google Street, Google Museum...), and would have given more (Google Books - if the negotiation had succeeded). I am grateful.
Google Streetview/maps isn't even the best mapping/'streetview' tool at this point. Filled with ads and bugs, some major bugs have been there for 10+ years.
Now I'm curious. What is the better mapping and streetview tool at this point?
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#44So I will know which DNAs to change to become a wolverine! yay!
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No AI company is doing that. There is some benefits but that’s not what any AI for profit will ever focus upon
DeepMind objectively is doing that. The world is not so black and white as "evil profit-hungry corporations will never do anything good".
If Google does anything good for the world it is entirely accidental, and I am certain they will correct this mistake later.
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#46This Google blog post is a distilled version of a Deep Mind blog post: https://deepmind.google/blog/alphagenome-atlas-a-predictive-... They are only announcing a cache. The origin for the cache is not discussed. In particular, the question of whether to trust the predictions is not addressed. For that, I think the citation is from January: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10014-0
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DeepMind objectively is doing that. The world is not so black and white as "evil profit-hungry corporations will never do anything good".
If Google does anything good for the world it is entirely accidental, and I am certain they will correct this mistake later.
Market reward is the best proxy for good we have.
What's your alternative? Executive fiat? Mob rule?
Deepmind is objectively good. These endeavors would always cost money. Better private capital than state, no one has to give Google anything. The state is not so generous.
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What are you even talking about? What do you mean catch a break? They’ve made massive contributions over the last decade.
I think orliesaurus meant the PR team is unable to rest because the rest of Deepmind is so prolific and keep coming out with new things for them to announce
I don’t think so. The tone of the comment seems derogatory.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
If Google does anything good for the world it is entirely accidental, and I am certain they will correct this mistake later.
Market reward is the best proxy for good we have. What's your alternative? Executive fiat? Mob rule? Deepmind is objectively good. These endeavors would always cost money. Better private capital than state, no one has to give Google anything. The state is not so generous.
Mob rule, aka Democracy.
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#50This has Demis written all over it. There is a great video of him with AlphaFold chatting with the team about releasing some results, and he asked something like “what if we just do them all?”
Very excited to see that happen here.