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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References and good blogs, articles, videos:
[1] AlphaFold 2: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alp...
[2] AlphaFold 1: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/Alp...
[3] AlphaFold 1 paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...
[4] CASP14 Results: https://www.predictioncenter.org/casp...
[20] AlphaFold 2 video from Yannic Kilcher:    • DeepMind's AlphaFold 2 Explained! AI ...  
[21] Science: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/...
[22] Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158...
[23] Fortune: https://fortune.com/2020/11/30/deepmi...

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 Longterm future impact