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DeepMind’s AI has found more new materials in a year than scientists have in centuries (thenextweb.com)
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[–] JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What do they mean "found"? New formulas for materials? Does it have a recipe for making them? Does it know what properties they have?

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

Linguists successfully make a list of every possible combination of letters up to 30 letters long! Research continues into the meaning of these new "words"

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, it sounds like these haven't actually been tested, and many would not be stable, so this is typical popsci overhyping something, and leaving out all the "but"s.