http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-google-for-chemistry-invents-best-path-to-new-compounds-in-seconds Accelerating Intelligence Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:27:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-google-for-chemistry-invents-best-path-to-new-compounds-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-29538 trakk Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:55:44 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160133#comment-29538 Analysis and prediction software like this one have a lot of potential to transform the rate of new discoveries and progress. Time is the biggest bottleneck in human advancement, and software like this can speed it up. Analysis and prediction software like this one have a lot of potential to transform the rate of new discoveries and progress. Time is the biggest bottleneck in human advancement, and software like this can speed it up.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-google-for-chemistry-invents-best-path-to-new-compounds-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-29537 trakk Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:50:26 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160133#comment-29537 pred pred

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-google-for-chemistry-invents-best-path-to-new-compounds-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-29426 Gary Derdall Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:53:46 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160133#comment-29426 Can this do what R. B. Woodward did? Can this do what R. B. Woodward did?

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-google-for-chemistry-invents-best-path-to-new-compounds-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-29422 TomZarek Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:35:26 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160133#comment-29422 and when a bad actor gets a hold of it? and when a bad actor gets a hold of it?

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-google-for-chemistry-invents-best-path-to-new-compounds-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-29420 Rick Rantilla Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:18:37 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160133#comment-29420 This is an interesting extension of the work on TRIZ by Genrich Altschuller. He studied thousands of Russian patents looking for the approaches inventors had used to come up with patentable solutions to problems. He distilled from the thousands of patents about 40 of what he called "problems". For him a "problem" was a conflict between two fundamental forces. He then looked at the actual patent descriptions and found (coincidentally) about 40 "approaches" which were commonly used to resolve each pair of force conflicts. This 40 x 40 matrix of conflict pairs with suggested approaches can lead a knowledgeable researcher very quickly to some good starter ideas. Chematica is partly a "brute force" way getting at the same thing. Maybe someone can (or already has) distill some rules from this huge data base. Or maybe we just no longer need to look for the rules... This is an interesting extension of the work on TRIZ by Genrich Altschuller. He studied thousands of Russian patents looking for the approaches inventors had used to come up with patentable solutions to problems. He distilled from the thousands of patents about 40 of what he called “problems”. For him a “problem” was a conflict between two fundamental forces. He then looked at the actual patent descriptions and found (coincidentally) about 40 “approaches” which were commonly used to resolve each pair of force conflicts. This 40 x 40 matrix of conflict pairs with suggested approaches can lead a knowledgeable researcher very quickly to some good starter ideas. Chematica is partly a “brute force” way getting at the same thing. Maybe someone can (or already has) distill some rules from this huge data base. Or maybe we just no longer need to look for the rules…

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-google-for-chemistry-invents-best-path-to-new-compounds-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-29413 Boristabby Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:46:30 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160133#comment-29413 Gordon, if "us" excludes Congress, I heartily agree. Gordon, if “us” excludes Congress, I heartily agree.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-google-for-chemistry-invents-best-path-to-new-compounds-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-29412 Boristabby Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:44:20 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160133#comment-29412 Gordon ... If "Us" excludes Congress, I heartily agree. Gordon … If “Us” excludes Congress, I heartily agree.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-google-for-chemistry-invents-best-path-to-new-compounds-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-29409 Gorden Russell Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:33:55 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160133#comment-29409 "Astounding" is just what I was thinking while reading this paper. This will keep us one step ahead of al-Qaida. “Astounding” is just what I was thinking while reading this paper. This will keep us one step ahead of al-Qaida.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-google-for-chemistry-invents-best-path-to-new-compounds-in-seconds/comment-page-1#comment-29377 Bri Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:32:25 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160133#comment-29377 Staggering!! Soon AI will be able to do just about anything. Another brain center in that collective mind. This one program will change manufacturing in innumerible ways. Just astounding! Staggering!! Soon AI will be able to do just about anything. Another brain center in that collective mind. This one program will change manufacturing in innumerible ways. Just astounding!

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