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1. aakil · 1790189583 · focus · HN ↗

   This shows why biology is so much harder a problem area for LLMs than math, finding RTs is tedious but pretty doable today, they had to scope the problem down a lot from something that would be the equivalent of Navier Stokes in biology. Glad they’re doing it though, even if it’s just marketing.

   1. dwaltrip · 1790206088 · focus · HN ↗

      Biology is much harder than math for humans as well!

      1. root_axis · 1790218646 · focus · HN ↗

         I don't think that's a given - not sure how you'd even quantify that comparison.

         1. dwaltrip · 1790219233 · focus · HN ↗

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            1. root_axis · 1790223226 · focus · HN ↗

               I think you could make a corresponding argument about the unbounded complexities of an abstract domain like mathematics. Math also has a notorious reputation for difficulty -

               I'm not sure I see one is clearly more difficult than the other.

         3. esikich · 1790232248 · focus · HN ↗

            Given enough time, I think anyone with a proclivity towards math could derive the quadratic formula from first principles. I don't think there's anything in biology that can really be derived in that way. You'd have to start from the physics of chemistry or something. In which case you'd need quantum mechanics and... math!

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