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Scientists discover the first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI (www.euronews.com)

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Scientists discover the first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI::A new class of antibiotics for drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria which was discovered using more transparent deep learning models.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like they built a neural network model and used deep learning to predict what molecules would be effective against drug-resistant bacteria. "AI" as a headline needs to be thrown out the window. We really need to start calling this technology what it is, lest people continue to think this was done by a large language model or a gpt.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Isn't "AI" being applied to deep learning more accurate than calling LLMs "AI"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

I completely agree regarding AI being plastered on every piece of software tech. It is dumb and it makes people so much ND dumb and this is a hill I will absolutely die on.