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Roadway to the Brain? Alzheimer’s Linked to Notorious Tire Chemical (studyfinds.com)
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  • A tire chemical called 6PPD-Q, already blamed for killing salmon, was examined for possible links to Alzheimer’s disease in a new computer-based study.
  • Using computer models, researchers found that the chemical can latch onto several proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and reach brain regions involved in the disease.
  • No patients or animals were tested; the study rests entirely on computer predictions and reused datasets, so it cannot prove the chemical causes Alzheimer’s.
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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I'm seeing "computer models" and "computer predictions" but I'm reading 'AI'.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago*

    Signal to noise detection in machine learning /= generative LLMs or agentic bullshit. This type of machine learning really does have a lot of application. It isn't what the AI industry is snake-oil selling cities to build data centers and murder our planet.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    maybe, but AI systems used for scientific research are fundamentally different from the slop machines available to the public. they're designed for a single very specific purpose from a relevant dataset and the results are checked by experts; it's not just the entire internet regurgitated by an LLM and trained by a 22-year-old nepo-baby with an MBA

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