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		AnotherTechie on July 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 really achieved (2020) if cryptography is a weapon, isn't folding proteins also arguably a weapon?

TenToedTony on July 12, 2021 [–]

Yes, but only because if cryptography is a weapon then everything is a weapon.

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