Skeptic: "Claude designed protein binders alone" was mostly just Modal credentials
charles_irl · x · 2026-08-21
Developer @aaronmring pushes back on the viral claim that Claude designed protein binders on its own, noting that 90%+ of the work was simply handing the model Modal cloud credentials. The protein design effort leaned heavily on existing compute infrastructure and tooling, offering a sobering counterpoint to hype around autonomous AI scientific research.
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