[PlasmonOwl]

Had the same issue on Reddit recently. Toxibaccin was discovered in soils in 2018. Hell I know someone who developed one recently at a university. It’s AMAZING AI can do this, but it certainly doesn’t destroy prior approaches. Yet.

Disclaimer: spelling and name of antibiotic may be incorrect. It is not my field, and the spelling is phonetic from myself. If pressed, I will ask the scientist for the specific name.

[maxerickson]

I expect you are referencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teixobactin

[29athrowaway]

Discovered in some random dirt from Maine.

[hackernewds]

"Discovered" like penicillin? It irks me when it's presented as accidental, when it does go through testing after

[29athrowaway]

Penicillin was also accidental? I don't understand the point.

[PlasmonOwl]

Maybe he conflates discovery with accident. Materials science searches chemical space and makes discoveries. There is no accident in that kind of discovery?