https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/21/a-vintners-quest-to-create-a-truly-american-wine
Genome Centers for All of Us Funding Announcement
May 25, 2018AI researchers allege that machine learning is alchemy
May 23, 2018QT:{{"
“Speaking at an AI conference, Rahimi charged that machine learning algorithms, in which computers learn through trial and error, have become a form of "alchemy." Researchers, he said, do not know why some algorithms work and others don’t, nor do they have rigorous criteria for choosing one AI architecture over another.
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The issue is distinct from AI’s reproducibility problem, in which researchers can’t replicate each other’s results because of inconsistent experimental and publication practices. It also differs from the "black box" or "interpretability" problem in machine learning: the difficulty of explaining how a particular AI has come to its conclusions.
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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/ai-researchers-allege-machine-learning-alchemy
alchemy, reproducibility, interpretability
Computationally-designed synthetic protein assemblies that evolve like viruses | Nature Research Microbiology Community
May 22, 2018Evolution of a designed protein assembly encapsulating its own RNA genome https://www.Nature.com/articles/nature25157 The opposite, in a sense, of #BioInspired. Computational design of man-made virus capsid
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Computationally-designed synthetic protein assemblies that evolve like viruses | Nature Research Microbiology Community
Intel in the quantum computing world
May 22, 2018A Dying Scientist’s Rogue Vaccine Trial | WIRED
May 22, 2018Paper for Journal Club Tomorrow
May 22, 2018Susceptibility of brain atrophy to TRIB3 in #Alzheimer’s disease, evidence from functional prioritization in imaging genetics
http://www.PNAS.org/content/115/12/3162.long Nice connection of developing phenotypes from #imaging, combined w. simple polygenic scores from genotypes
Analyzing 1.1 Billion NYC Taxi and Uber Trips, with a Vengeance
May 22, 2018Thoughts on @R_Thaler & @CassSunstein’s Nudge
http://BLOG.gerstein.info/2018/05/thoughts-on-thaler-sunsteins-nudge.html General points about human decision making, with practical
implications for one’s day-to-day life HT @Rozowsky
The Apple Watch has found a surprisingly useful home with everyone that works on their feet — Quartz
May 22, 2018The Apple Watch has found a surprisingly useful home with everyone that works on their feet — Quartz
https://qz.com/1282210/the-apple-watch-has-found-a-surprisingly-useful-home-in-the-service-industry/
