In my previous blog post, I explored the capabilities of ChatGPT 3.5, testing its skills as a programmer and mathematician’s assistant. The results were mixed, to say the least. While it could handle simple coding tasks with ease, it faltered when faced with more complex mathematical problems and image manipulation tasks. I concluded that while […]
The PyMOL Python API is a useful resource for most people doing research in OPIG, whether focussed on antibodies, small molecule drug design or protein folding. However, the documentation is poorly structured and difficult to interpret without first having understood the structure of the module. In particular, the differences between use of the PyMOL command […]
Disclaimer: I used ChatGPT to improve the writing style of this article, in combination with some personal curation before obtaining a final version. You’ve probably heard it all already, from ChatGPT writing code and doing proofreading for you to a rap battle between OPIG’s Antibodies and Small Molecules groups, and more. Whether you like it […]
It’s not always easy to live in an Anglophone scientific world when English isn’t your first language. When careers are built upon the ability to communicate ideas clearly and eloquently, struggling to find the right words can be a real hindrance to explain your science in a way that is taken seriously. Contrary to popular […]
With the recent release of ChatGPT, many studies have already been uploaded to biorxiv examining the potential uses of the chatbot’s outputs. One such paper compared ChatGPT-generated scientific abstracts to the original abstracts. Upon seeing the title, I immediately got my hopes up that my abstract-writing days were over. So is this the case?
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours playing with ChatGPT. I know, we have some other recent posts about it. It’s so amazing that I couldn’t resist writing another. Apologies for that. The goal of this post is to determine if I can effectively use ChatGPT as a programmer/mathematician assistant. OK. It was not my […]
The AI chatbot revolution is here. Last week, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a freely accessible language model fine-tuned for human conversations. The new model is based on InstructGPT, trained especially for following user instructions and with human feedback in the training loop. ChatGPT remembers the previous discussion, admits its mistakes and can even ask for clarification […]
aka when to use a CutomBuildCommand or a CustomInstallCommand when building python packages with setup.py Bioinformatics software is complicated, and often a little bit messy. Recently I found myself wading through a python package building quagmire and thought I could share something I learnt about when to use a custom build command and when to […]
“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” ~ Ernest Hemingway?? This is a six-word story famously misattributed to Ernest Hemingway. According to Wikipedia, this story first appeared in 1906, when Hemingway was 7 years old, and later attributed to him in 1991, 30 years after his death. So, no chance it was his. Regardless of its […]
At the end of April, I attended the CW 2024. This yearly hybrid event organised by the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) has been running since 2011! The event brings people together to discuss best practices and the future of software in research. This year’s event themes were (1) AI/ML tools for Science, (2) Citizen Science […]