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LiberalArkie

(17,573 posts)
Sun Feb 23, 2025, 03:25 PM Feb 23

AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years

A complex problem that took microbiologists a decade to get to the bottom of has been solved in just two days by a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool.

Professor José R Penadés and his team at Imperial College London had spent years working out and proving why some superbugs are immune to antibiotics.

He gave "co-scientist" - a tool made by Google - a short prompt asking it about the core problem he had been investigating and it reached the same conclusion in 48 hours.

He told the BBC of his shock when he found what it had done, given his research was not published so could not have been found by the AI system in the public domain.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz6e9edy3o

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AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years (Original Post) LiberalArkie Feb 23 OP
AI may be what breaks the Bitcoin code. Callie1979 Feb 23 #1
Quantum computers will do that one intrepidity Feb 23 #7
I expect that to occur as soon as the BTC I have is worth 200k Callie1979 Feb 23 #10
AI could be used for such good. Irish_Dem Feb 23 #2
Not to mention sheer ineptitude. GIGO, with more impact than ever. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 23 #11
Yes Irish_Dem Feb 24 #12
AI is fantastic at crunching data, lots and lots of data very quickly. nt Phoenix61 Feb 23 #3
It has yet to solve any "shew that" physics problems Klarkashton Feb 23 #4
Why would I believe such a tale? Seriously. Nt BootinUp Feb 23 #5
It don't know what i had for dinner last night bucolic_frolic Feb 23 #6
Yes, this is the task we need to put AI on to. nt intrepidity Feb 23 #8
one's that's better than their master ai. cynical_idealist Feb 23 #9

Callie1979

(604 posts)
1. AI may be what breaks the Bitcoin code.
Sun Feb 23, 2025, 03:28 PM
Feb 23

If that happens, game over
For all those who say "it cant be hacked!" I say anything created by man can be deciphered by man
But with all the mystery behind the creator/s of BTC, maybe the only theory that makes any sense is that aliens invented it & disappeared.

intrepidity

(8,179 posts)
7. Quantum computers will do that one
Sun Feb 23, 2025, 04:10 PM
Feb 23

There's a big prize ($100B) out there for the first Q-computer to hack the original bitcoin wallet.

Klarkashton

(3,166 posts)
4. It has yet to solve any "shew that" physics problems
Sun Feb 23, 2025, 03:37 PM
Feb 23

From 1800s books that I have pasted in. I think it's because it's never seen them before.
It tries and gives the wrong answer every time.

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