No, because the lynchpin of these physical technologies we need are going to be just that, physical. No amount of neural networking or cryptocurrency mining is going to be anything other than peripheral to the advancements based on basic research in physical science.
If the solution to carbon capture comes from a company like Deepmind (ala protein folding), i'll eat my shoe.
If the solution to carbon capture comes from a company like Deepmind (ala protein folding), i'll eat my shoe.