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Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

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  1. evolarjun · · focus · HN ↗
    It is odd (or maybe not) that they decided to publish a marketing whitepaper rather than a more traditional journal submission + preprint. The work does appear to be sufficient for a publication, though there's a good chance a reviewer will rip into them for some of the assertions they make, but given the topic I'm sure the paper will be accepted regardless.

    The market for entry-level programmers has already declined, but at least they were somewhat in demand and made reasonable salaries. Now what happens to post-docs who already make almost nothing and often get treated like crap?

    1. stets · · focus · HN ↗
      Medical advances are more important than post docs
      1. papyrus9244 · · focus · HN ↗
        Absolutely. But without post docs, it won't be long before we are unable to understand what the LLMs are suggesting.
        1. mikestorrent · · focus · HN ↗
          I can't understand what the post-docs are suggesting.
          1. drusepth · · focus · HN ↗
            True, but it's also not your job to understand what post-docs are suggesting (hopefully), unlike post-docs who kind of need to understand what LLMs are suggesting.
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