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Thorentis • today at 4:15 AM • 0 replies • view on HN

To me, this shows just how many open problems which have obvious solutions, or solutions which people suspect might be true but have not verified, can be confirmed with code that nobody except agents can be bothered to write.

At the extreme end of the optimism spectrum, there is a multiple million LOC program waiting to be written that can fully understand e.g. human DNA, or cancers, or proteins, or whatever else is needed to propel us forward medically. But of course, I'll believe it when I see it.