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New comment by bbondo in "AI in drug discovery – what it is, where we stand and the path forward"

bbondo — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:50:06 +0000

Drug discovery scientists think about what they're doing and why ALL THE TIME. AI stuff is just another tool.

It's also worth mentioning that drug development timelines typically exceed the interval in which these technologies have been available (or at least effective). Measuring impact will take a long time.

New comment by bbondo in "Why I email complete strangers"

bbondo — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:23:51 +0000

> Allow me to explain.

No.

New comment by bbondo in "Google changes its search box"

bbondo — Wed, 20 May 2026 01:53:49 +0000

> people aren't going to publish recipes

Sure they are. I can attest that musicians will gladly publish their music even when no recompense is offered. Surely culinary artists are the same.

New comment by bbondo in "Gemini 3 Pro vs. 2.5 Pro in Pokemon Crystal"

bbondo — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:46:07 +0000

1.88 billion tokens * $12 / 1M tokens (output) suggests a total cost of $22,560 to solve the game with Gemini 3 Pro?

New comment by bbondo in "HSBC announces successful use of quantum computers for bond trading"

bbondo — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 22:42:32 +0000

I am very skeptical about this press release, but would love to know how a "quantum approach" could conceptually outperform in this domain.