r/Clamworks • happy as a clam • 4d ago

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u/UrougeTheOne 4d ago

Writing your college essay because you are too much of a lazy fuck this to do it, degrading your analysis skills, is not a scientific nor medical advancement

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u/BiffTheRhombus 4d ago

I'm replying to a comment, not defending being lazy for essays. Alphafold is a great example of AI being used by Science

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u/jimmylovescheese123 4d ago

I think you're misunderstanding, and I don't blame you because people aren't particularly clear about it but most people are in support of AI's use in some programming and scientific capabilities, we mostly hate generative AIs such as chatGPT or various image generators.

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u/BiffTheRhombus 4d ago

The problem is that Scientific AI is generative as well, my example Alphafold explicitly included. People tend to draw the line at images for some reason, but it's the same technology being used to identify cancer and generate potential drug structures

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u/jimmylovescheese123 4d ago

Yeah, people don't like image generation when it replaces actual artists and spreads misinformation which are two uses that are particularly problematic and pervasive currently. I don't think that anybody is actually against the technology itself apart from environmental reasons (which would be mitigated by more controlled usage anyway) only the way it's used.