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AlphaGenome maps 9B DNA variants

(spectrum.ieee.org)

google PR machine on relatively low-impact science goin pretty hard
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Do you really think that tho? I mean, it is the only one doing something other than all-in LLM BenchMaxxing lmao :D
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This current project is effectively a cache database for an earlier tool. The earlier project is where the main impact is - predicting the functional effect of a variant in the human genome.

For this updated project, they effectively ran the earlier tool for all possible variants in the genome (3 billion bases in the genome * 3 single nucleotide variants = 9 billion). It’s a very useful project for people like me, but the major advance was already done (admittedly by the DeepMind team).

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Now do the combinations of them.
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boom
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