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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
Alberto Perez opens his talk by introducing himself as a computational structural biologist whose work focuses on understanding how biomolecules function and interact within the complex environment of a cell. He explains that while experimental techniques like X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy …
Lex Fridman
Dmitry Korkin, a professor of bioinformatics and computational biology at WPI, challenges the simplistic view that proteins are merely uniform building blocks of life, arguing instead for their "modular complexity." He explains that average proteins consist of multiple structural units called protei …
Lex Fridman
Demis Hassabis, CEO and co-founder of DeepMind, recounts his journey from a young chess prodigy to an AI pioneer, detailing how early experiences with games like *Theme Park* and *Black & White* shaped his understanding of artificial intelligence as a tool for learning. He explains that while the or …