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Don’t fight the AI might of Herbertsmithite

Dick Pountain is editorial fellow of PC Pro. He wanted an Anarakite Amulet for Christmas, but all he got was a cloak of invisibility. Email dick@dickpountain.co.uk

One year ago I wrote about three technical breakthroughs that were announced in late 2020: an mRNA vaccine against Covid-19, Alphafold 2 solving the “protein-folding problem” and Apple’s M1 chip. My picks for 2021’s trio of late breakthroughs are equally profound – one in neuroscience, one in space exploration and one in quantum computing

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