On: AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology

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This is likely because linear regression meets most widely accepted definitions of machine learning. [0][1] It is simple and very effective when learning in linear space.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning

[1] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tom/mlbook.html