You've likely been seeing the rise of AI technology everywhere—and some people are pretty concerned about what it could mean for the future. But did you know it might hold the key to understanding, and even changing, parts of our biology? Learn about what AI has changed for the world of proteins in this new episode of SciShow! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Chris Peters, Matt Curls, Kevin Bealer, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jacob, Christopher R Boucher, Nazara, charles george, Christoph Schwanke, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Adam, Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, James Knight, GrowingViolet, Sam Lutfi, Alisa Sherbow, Jason A Saslow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Melida Williams ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03819-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01968-y https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/07/14/science.abj8754 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/researchers-unveil-phenomenal-new-ai-predicting-protein-structures https://www.ipd.uw.edu/2021/07/rosettafold-accurate-protein-structure-prediction-accessible-to-all/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/demis-hassabis-interview-the-kid-from-the-comp-who-founded-deepmind-and-cracked-a-mighty-riddle-of-science-g3v3z9b80 https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/12/1011944/artificial-intelligence-replication-crisis-science-big-tech-google-deepmind-facebook-openai/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/30/1012712/deepmind-protein-folding-ai-solved-biology-science-drugs-disease/ https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2020/12/23/what-could-deepmind-solving-the-protein-folding-problem-mean-for-cancer-research/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/30/deepmind-ai-cracks-50-year-old-problem-of-biology-research https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/google-details-its-protein-folding-software-academics-offer-an-alternative/ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22045713/ai-artificial-intelligence-deepmind-protein-folding https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology https://www.pnas.org/content/117/3/1496 https://emerj.com/ai-sector-overviews/deepmind-alphafold/ https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/behind-the-screens-of-alphafold/4012867.article https://www.dw.com/en/what-are-proteins-and-why-do-they-fold/a-55815679 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03348-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03828-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02025-4 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/22/ai-firm-deepmind-puts-database-building-blocks-life-human-protein-structure-free-online https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02037-0 http://www.imgt.org/IMGTeducation/Aide-memoire/_UK/aminoacids/abbreviation.html https://predictioncenter.org/casp14/doc/CASP14_press_release.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg7WjuFs8F4 https://deepmind.com/blog/article/AlphaStar-Grandmaster-level-in-StarCraft-II-using-multi-agent-reinforcement-learning https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphazero-shedding-new-light-grand-games-chess-shogi-and-go https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1972/summary/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2020.00009/full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7402234/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLsC4wlrR2A Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hexokinase_ball_and_stick_model,_with_substrates_to_scale_copy.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35438148 https://wellcomecollection.org/works/u35a5ang https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parasagittal_MRI_of_human_head_in_patient_with_benign_familial_macrocephaly_prior_to_brain_injury_(ANIMATED).gif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Target3dsmRib_354predictedModels_CASP8.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1GZX_Haemoglobin.png https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/662832 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foldit_screenshot_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neural_network_example.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ACBP_MSM_from_Folding@home.tiff https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Structural_coverage_of_the_human_cyclophilin_family.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protein_Imager_molecular_rendering_example_3_CsgFG_complex.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:153-PyruvateDehydrogenaseComplex_pyruvatedehydrogenase.tif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chaperonin_1AON.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protein_structure_examples.png