By guest author: Nielo Wait, VRZ Champions LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nielo/ YouTube: Slopfiction Caveat: These ideas were articulated with the assistance of artificial intelligence — barely legal em dashes and all. Two AIs walk into a bar. Bartender: “Sorry, we don’t serve minors.” As the western AI begins to litigate, the eastern AI forks the bartender, open-sources the quantized version, and shouts, "The next round is on me!" USA, run by lawyers, is trying to legislate its way into AI dominance. China, run by engineers, is shipping fast, hard-coding its own vision of what AI should be. Both are building futures. But the difference in approach is already warping the GenAI landscape — and who gets to shape it. That’s the frame: GenAI isn’t good or bad. It’s just barely legal . Not in the smirking, R-rated LoRa sense. In the sense that the rulebook doesn’t exist yet, the court cases are unresolved, the ethics are wea...
Picture tiny protein architects effortlessly combining like pieces of an intricate puzzle to build nanoscale structures with mind-boggling precision. Dream or nightmare? These self-assembled protein structures hold the promise of creating entirely new materials with properties that defy our current imagination. But there are those who fear they also hold the key to the annihilation of all humankind… Welcome to the fusion of machine learning (ML) and protein synthesis. It’s not so far away as you might think. Say the words “artificial intelligence,” and most people today will probably think of the large language models like ChatGPT or any of the AI art generators . But many other ML techniques are used in various fields with equally exciting applications. Protein prediction and synthesis is one such area. ML is making remarkable advancements with implications for biotechnology and materials science. It works like t...