DeepMind solves protein folding | AlphaFold 2

A quick video on the basics of DeepMind's AlphaFold 2 breakthrough. Please support this channel by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - What happened?
1:03 - How big is this accomplishment?
4:39 - Proteins and amino acids
5:17 - Protein folding
8:26 - How AlphaFold 1 works
9:45 - How AlphaFold 2 works
12:09 - Why is this breakthrough important?
13:19 - Long-term future impact

[lexfridman]

A quick video on the basics of DeepMind's AlphaFold 2 breakthrough. Here are the timestamps:
0:00 - What happened?
1:03 - How big is this accomplishment?
4:39 - Proteins and amino acids
5:17 - Protein folding
8:26 - How AlphaFold 1 works
9:45 - How AlphaFold 2 works
12:09 - Why is this breakthrough important?
13:19 - Long-term future impact

Please support this channel by checking out our sponsors:

[christopherdevers]

To the question of, do we like these short videos? Absolutely, and you said that you really enjoy making them. Double positive. Keep up the amazing work Lex

[jaymkz]

Big respect for you man, been following you since you only had 50k followers. You are such a great mixture of intelligence, wisdom, respect, dry humor, thoughtfulness, open-mindedness, and integrity. Hardly ever do you see a person climb to the highest heights of academia, science, athletics/martial arts, and personal development (and maintain their sense of humility I might add)....Cheers Lex, from a fellow engineer and martial arts enthusiast, I'm proud of you and I can't wait to see what 2021 has in store for you man

[jared]

"Hopefully I'm not being too poetic" 😂 that's why we love you Lex

[Dylan-hhvo]

Would love more of these mini-lecture episodes. Great work Lex

[deeeppurple]

I love those short videos that touch on recent advancements in AI - more please. Would love more technical details.

[justtoleavecomments]

Please make more of these! I bet a lot of your viewers, like me, are undergrads in compsci. Seeing where our degrees could take us and how the skillset we're learning can be applied in a byte-sized video, that can be watched while on the toilet in the morning is great.

[lodevermeulen]

The moment I heard of this breakthrough, I was excited for the sure to come video of you explaining it. And you haven't disappointed me one bit! This was such a well structured and explained video and I love your personality that goes with the explaining (the occasional poetic or philosophical thoughts). Thank you so much for this video!

[cadetcyuzuzo]

Personally I'm very excited about this. Our boys at Deep Mind have done it again, this is a huge accomplishment.

[zacharyrolandlittle]

Please keep making quick videos like this talking about topics you find fascinating

[henrugolf]

This is such a huge accomplishment! Great video as always.

[umfmage]

You would make the world's best professor. Super easy to understanding for dense material. A little dry humour to make sure you're paying attention.

[betsyhamilton]

Yes, please make more vids like this. Appreciate the concise, informative report.

[algorithminc.]

Great video ... clear ... great topic ... and the correct message: "try to learn something new every day ..."

[GuyNamedZack]

Lex this is one of the best videos I've seen on your channel! As a current BME student this was immensely helpful to my understanding - thank you!

[willcshapiro]

Ever since I heard the announcement I was hoping to see you do a video about it. Thank you Lex!

[vg]

Thanks Lex, I really enjoy this style of video. Please keep them coming!

[CyberKyle]

Keep doing these Lex, they are so well done and explain a ton of good info in a reasonable amount of time! I love how the short term and long term implications are broken down nicely. I love the slide deck design too.

[walidhasan]

these short videos are great! I read the alphafold blog earlier, and now watching your video!

[lucickianyoz]

Thank you for this very nice presentation, Lex!
Ted Chiang wrote a short story called "The evolution of human science" in which he tackled the idea of a future were AIs are so advanced scientists are rendered useless in the traditional sense. Won't give any spoilers, it's a very short one if you wanna search for it and read it. This AlphaFold achievement is huge!