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A key innovation of the new study is that the researchers were also able to figure out what kinds of information the deep-learning model was using to make its antibiotic potency predictions. This knowledge could help researchers to design additional drugs that might work even better than the ones identified by the model.

That is awesome. I wonder if the techniques that they have used to expose the machine learning “black box” process can be applied to other models - from my understanding of it, that would be pretty big news in and of itself.

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Hope so, that’s the big leap forward with machine learning IMO.

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So what, we are learning what caused AI to come to a conclusion?

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Great; so this is all public domain knowledge since it was created with AI according to current law, right?

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I think those rulings have only applied to creative works. We’ll see.

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This 100% is classified as a creative work. That’s why drugs are able to be patented in the first place.

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Personally I think all medicine should be public domain

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Everything should.

Medicine. Internet. Waste disposal.

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All utilities, phone, electricity, sewage, road and rail.

But actually looking at these, pretty much all protocols and standards are already open.

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So you want to reduce innovation and cause creators to not get properly paid for their work? Great idea

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I’m just downvoting you for being a smarmy prick. Not because your comment is inaccurate.

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I hope you’re at least consistent and downvoted yourself, then.

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Same :/

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Depends, what was the training set / knowledge base?

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Great!

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With the defeat of the super bugs, I for one welcome the super super bugs.

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Exterminate all rational thought. That’s the conclusion I’ve come to.

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Interesting. Who is the seemingly random person posting on a forum about human biomes? Do you have a peer reviewed paper on it?

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It says who they are in their signature. And a plethora of peer-reviewed papers are cited.

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Would you prefer to live in a world without antibiotics?

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Only a Sith deals in absolutes. https://humanmicrobiome.info/antibiotics/#antibiotics-overuse

IMO, the lack of ability for nuance is a sign of low intelligence.

Relevant: Antibiotics that kill gut bacteria also stop growth of new brain cells: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160519130105.htm

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There was no nuance in what you posted. Being a dick about it is a sign of low emotional intelligence. As is responding with a Star Wars quote that implies anyone saying it is a Sith.

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No but people should really stop abusing OTC antibiotics like Neosporin. You don’t have to put it on every wound.

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I tend to have wounds scab into the dressing which sucks because it rips out when you change it. Which is why I got vitamin E gel for those times I don’t need an antibiotics. The capsules are also more convenient to carry around than a tube and take virtually no space in a bag/kit.

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Yes but there’s no reason to snark about a new class of antibiotics unless you think they shouldn’t be used at all.

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