Kedar Shidhaye
@karma7533.bsky.social
Reposted by Kedar Shidhaye
No, DeepMind has not solved the protein folding problem.
#Alphafold predictions are valuable hypotheses and accelerate but do not replace experimental structure determination.
#Alphafold predictions are valuable hypotheses and accelerate but do not replace experimental structure determination.
Human chemists spent their entire careers trying to solve the protein folding problem.
DeepMind's AlphaFold solved it in a couple of years, creating an enormously valuable data set for other scientists to use.
The scientists who made it their life's work to solve protein folding? Moving on.
DeepMind's AlphaFold solved it in a couple of years, creating an enormously valuable data set for other scientists to use.
The scientists who made it their life's work to solve protein folding? Moving on.
February 5, 2026 at 8:49 AM
No, DeepMind has not solved the protein folding problem.
#Alphafold predictions are valuable hypotheses and accelerate but do not replace experimental structure determination.
#Alphafold predictions are valuable hypotheses and accelerate but do not replace experimental structure determination.