Science
2 milestones in AI history
ResearchThe Transformer Era
AlphaFold 2: Protein Folding Solved
DeepMind's AlphaFold 2 solved the 50-year-old protein structure prediction problem, achieving accuracy comparable to experimental methods at CASP14. It could predict how proteins fold from their amino acid sequences — a problem that had stumped biologists for half a century.
John JumperDemis HassabisDeepMind
ResearchGenerative AI Revolution
Nobel Prizes Awarded for AI Work
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics went to Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield for foundational work on neural networks and machine learning. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper (AlphaFold) alongside David Baker for computational protein design. AI research received the highest scientific recognition.
Geoffrey HintonJohn HopfieldNobel CommitteeDeepMind