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I agree. For those not in biotech, protein folding has been the holy grail for a long time, and AlphaFold represents a huge leap forward. Not unlike trying to f

by causal 2y ago

I agree. For those not in biotech, protein folding has been the holy grail for a long time, and AlphaFold represents a huge leap forward. Not unlike trying to find a way to reduce NP to P in CS. A leap forward there would be huge, even if it came short of a complete solution.

flobosg 2y ago
> Let me get the most important question out of the way: is AlphaFold’s advance really significant, or is it more of the same? I would characterize their advance as roughly two CASPs in one ―https://moalquraishi.wordpress.com/2018/12/09/alphafold-casp13-what-just-happened/comment-page-1/ https://moalquraishi.wordpress.com/2018/12/09/alphafold-casp...