AI and Chemistry: The Nobel Prize Connection
John Jumper, a Nobel laureate in Chemistry, initially struggled with chemistry but found his passion in computational modeling of protein folding. His work at the University of Chicago and later at DeepMind led to the development of AlphaFold, an AI program that predicts protein structures from genetic sequences. This breakthrough has significant implications for understanding diseases and drug development, earning Jumper and his colleague Demis Hassabis the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.