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I read that a new AI model can now predict protein folding in minutes, not years
Found this in a research paper summary from DeepMind. It used to take a decade to map some structures, and now it's almost instant. Has anyone seen other fields where AI is speeding things up that much?
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amy_anderson21d agoMost Upvoted
Seen the same thing happen with drug discovery lately.
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the_jennifer21d agoTop Commenter
My buddy's startup got bought and shelved.
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piperbailey21d ago
That drug discovery point is huge. The same kind of AI that cracks protein folding is now being used to find new drug candidates. It can sort through millions of chemical combos in a day, something that would take a human team years. This is moving from just analyzing data to actually designing new things from scratch. It feels like we're hitting a point where AI isn't just a helper tool, it's becoming the main engine for discovery in a bunch of science fields.
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