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$500M for Virtual Biology Initiative, Funded by Zuckerbergs

33 pointsby warbakertoday at 12:20 AM16 commentsview on HN

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burntotoday at 1:14 AM

Is this an investment that disease and genetics researchers believe will be valuable?

Or is this primarily tax deductible funds flowing back into the AI industrial complex?

(Honest question! If it’s a truly promising path that’s great)

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yalogintoday at 1:56 AM

Genuine question, there are a lot of overly ambitious efforts like, even though this seems the most ambitious of them all - but is this all optimistic investment or is there any iota of indication that this is a viable path? I am very skeptical of the ai initiatives in medicine and biology where they want to solve problems that humans cannot yet. I would love to be wrong of course

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