I'm a biology PhD, and have been working in tech for a number of years. I want to show why I believe that biological research is the most near term, high value application of machine learning. This has profound implications for human health, industrial development, and the fate of the world.

In this article I explain the current discoveries that machine learning has enabled in biology. In the next article I will consider what this implies will happen in the near term without major improvements in AI, along with my speculations about how our expectations that underlie our regulatory and business norms will fail. Finally, my last article will examine the longer term possibilities for machine learning and biology, including crazy but plausible sci-fi speculation.

TL;DR

Biology is complex, and the potential space of biological solutions to chemical, environmental, and other challenges is incredibly large. Biological research [...]

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First published:
December 23rd, 2023

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/efbRFSHaMfjNxBoZC/ai-s-impact-on-biology-research-part-i-today

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“AI’s impact on biology research: Part I, today” by octopocta

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“AI’s impact on biology research: Part I, today” by octopocta