Will Taylor
@elowoozle.bsky.social
Professional chemist and amateur book lover.
Or the job market requires a security clearance...
February 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Or the job market requires a security clearance...
Genetic memory of being a wolf
February 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Genetic memory of being a wolf
There are other significant ethical issues though.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/drug-di...
These models can also be used to optimise molecules for harm and aid in the development of chemical weapons - I worry that it might make some compounds more accessible to hobby chemists and less savoury types.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/drug-di...
These models can also be used to optimise molecules for harm and aid in the development of chemical weapons - I worry that it might make some compounds more accessible to hobby chemists and less savoury types.
February 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
There are other significant ethical issues though.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/drug-di...
These models can also be used to optimise molecules for harm and aid in the development of chemical weapons - I worry that it might make some compounds more accessible to hobby chemists and less savoury types.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/drug-di...
These models can also be used to optimise molecules for harm and aid in the development of chemical weapons - I worry that it might make some compounds more accessible to hobby chemists and less savoury types.
They're also going to be extremely useful for pharmaceutical development, they've already shown promise in predicting the efficacy of drugs and coming up with compounds that should have similar efficacy as well as optimizing the synthetic pathways to get to those drugs.
February 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They're also going to be extremely useful for pharmaceutical development, they've already shown promise in predicting the efficacy of drugs and coming up with compounds that should have similar efficacy as well as optimizing the synthetic pathways to get to those drugs.
Marketplace Tech had a small section yesterday on how Mondelez has been using machine learning for 5 years to predict flavour profiles for Oreo variants - meaning food scientists aren't getting fed up of taste testing cookies 5 days a week (which they surprisingly were).
February 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Marketplace Tech had a small section yesterday on how Mondelez has been using machine learning for 5 years to predict flavour profiles for Oreo variants - meaning food scientists aren't getting fed up of taste testing cookies 5 days a week (which they surprisingly were).
The power of some of these models to recognise cancer from tiny markers that people don't notice (Maybe that 0.01% uptick in X across all these patients isn't statistical noise etc.) is going to truly transform detection methods.
These actually useful applications just don't stick in the public mind
These actually useful applications just don't stick in the public mind
February 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The power of some of these models to recognise cancer from tiny markers that people don't notice (Maybe that 0.01% uptick in X across all these patients isn't statistical noise etc.) is going to truly transform detection methods.
These actually useful applications just don't stick in the public mind
These actually useful applications just don't stick in the public mind
It looks like it's been struck with a fantasy affliction that slowly turns it into a crystal.
The ability of evolution to create structures that manipulate light like this is crazy.
The ability of evolution to create structures that manipulate light like this is crazy.
February 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It looks like it's been struck with a fantasy affliction that slowly turns it into a crystal.
The ability of evolution to create structures that manipulate light like this is crazy.
The ability of evolution to create structures that manipulate light like this is crazy.
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people
February 21, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people
Something I learned earlier this year is that New Mexico has a lot more tectonic activity than I assumed (Based on nothing I suppose) - including magma bodies underneath places like Socorro. Very cool to see that things are happening with geothermal.
February 15, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Something I learned earlier this year is that New Mexico has a lot more tectonic activity than I assumed (Based on nothing I suppose) - including magma bodies underneath places like Socorro. Very cool to see that things are happening with geothermal.