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Large language models are universal biomedical simulators
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.16.545235v1?rss=1

LLMs such as GPT-4 have proven surprisingly successful for a wide range of tasks. We explore the potential of leveraging LLMs as simulators of biological systems.

This text-based simulation paradigm is well-suited for modeling & understanding complex living systems difficult to describe with physics-based 1st-principle simulations

#LLM #LargeLanguageModels #GPT4 #ComputationalModels #biomedical

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Tim Kellogg Jun 20, 2023

@persagen this is a super interesting idea. I’m surprised that general purpose language models would work here, but bodies can be visualized as a language (hence why medical jargon is so separate from mainstream English). I’d love to see what they can do with a specialized model trained from scratch