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Generative Molecular Dynamics Evaluation Practices Criticized in New Paper

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A position paper published on arXiv argues that the generative molecular dynamics (GenMD) field is inadequately evaluating its progress. The authors contend that current evaluation methods allow models to appear correct by matching reported data, even if they are fundamentally flawed, potentially leading to exaggerated claims of superiority over traditional methods. This issue stems from the high computational cost of obtaining accurate ground truth, which pushes the field towards using convenient but misaligned proxies for evaluation. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Simon Olsson, Frank No\'e, Grant M. Rotskoff, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen ·

    Looking Under the Streetlight: Evaluation in Generative Molecular Dynamics

    arXiv:2610.12518v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This position paper argues that the generative molecular dynamics (GenMD) community is not properly evaluating its progress: current evaluations let a model match what is reported while being arbitrarily wrong on what was claimed,…

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