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Thanks for the links to more sober analyses of AlphaFold, Google's PR dept really went overboard on this one.

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Yes - there's also a broader point about scientific communication broadly. Clearly, many even science-based publications get a little over-dramatic with the metaphors and gesticulating when it comes to AI (indeed, many scientists too)! I'm hoping this newsletter can be a nice island of clear-eyed sanity, with pointers of course to the many other fantastic people trying to do the same

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