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With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial.
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You think diseases aren't being improved with technology? There are 170 AI-designed drugs moving through human trials right now. Not everything is 100% black and white.
That isn't the AI tech getting pumped with money. We've done folding at home for decades, for example. Has venture capital backed that? No. So sit down and read what I said again.
Adding to your point. Why Google DeepMind broke up the AlphaFold team
I have no idea what you're trying to say. You think that only folding at home is helping with health breakthroughs?