The Kardashians are a household conversation topic, but that doesn't make them profound.
CRISPR is a revelation fundamental in the machinery of cells, and gives an analog of unix sed.
To your point, it will be interesting to see if transformer architecture implementations, or theory, is widely enough recognized as fundamental advancement in science to merit the analog (Fields medal, no way, or Turing Award, maybe) of the at least 2 Nobel prizes awarded for Crispr-Cas9.
hey, it's honestly nice thinking this out with you.
the point is that headlines are one thing, but they don't evaluate impact of a technology very well, though they do evaluate hype.
i question, is AI getting so much enthusiasm because the ideas are more widely accessible, have been prominent in sci-fi for 50 years (at least), whereas hardcore genetics tools, and recent discover of how to effect surgery on DNA as code, is appreciated by a smaller audience?
I mean, look at the sophistication required to appreciate
and pretty clearly that's a hardcore hacker effort realized in biology, and it won 2 Nobel prizes as assessed not by headline count but by the world of scientists, and that in under 10 years, which basically is amazing.
disclaimer: i come from a foot in both worlds background, so I am mega enthused (like you) about the transformers results, as well as 'computing' in genomics.
i wonder if the two worlds will soon collaborate, by the way.
