Science guys... how big of a deal is this DeepMind accomplishment regarding folding protein predictions?

Nov 30, 2020
10:33:13pm

HarlemCoug All-American

DeepMind solves 50-year-old ‘grand challenge’ with protein folding A.I.

DeepMind has developed a piece of AI software called "AlphaFold" that can accurately predict the structure that proteins will fold into in a matter of days.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/deepmind-solves-protein-folding-grand-challenge-with-alphafold-ai.html

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Science guys... how big of a deal is this DeepMind accomplishment regarding folding protein predictions?

HarlemCoug All-American

11/30/20 10:33pm

That’s a big deal

OU Cougar

11/30/20 10:43pm

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grosven

11/30/20 10:50pm

Just bought some haha.

conetah

11/30/20 10:53pm

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grosven

11/30/20 10:58pm

Owned my google? Cuz this is big news. Imagine being able to design drugs and

Idahofallsblue

11/30/20 10:56pm

I should have read the article before posting

Idahofallsblue

11/30/20 10:59pm

Absent from the article are any specifics on the algorithm performance and scope

cruoti

11/30/20 11:05pm

Ars Technica has a pretty decent explainer. It's a significant accomplishment, but there's a wide range of

mik3

11/30/20 11:06pm

thumbs down this? why?

HarlemCoug

11/30/20 11:41pm

thanks for the link - the comments section is pretty interesting....

DeepMind solves 50-year-old ‘grand challenge’ with protein folding A.I.

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