[ExI] ?The game has changed.? AI triumphs at solving protein structures

[William Flynn Wallace]

Who will get the Nobel?  The AI?  The programmers?   bill w

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 9:37 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
> Quoting  Giulio Prisco:
>
> > Wow this seems great!
> >
> https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology
> >
> > On 2020. Nov 30., Mon at 18:55, Dave Sill via extropy-chat <
> > extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >> *
> https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/game-has-changed-ai-triumphs-solving-protein-structures
> >> <
> https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/game-has-changed-ai-triumphs-solving-protein-structures
> >*
>
> Yes, Guilio. We have designed a scalable machine algorithm that will
> someday be capable of designing us. Designer proteins are right around
> the corner. This is a huge step toward nanosanta and grey goo both.
> And certainly worthy of a Nobel prize but in chemistry or possibly
> medicine depending on how long they wait before they award it.
>
> Stuart LaForge
>
>
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