Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis在GAGATalk中分享了从国际象棋神童到用AI解决蛋白质折叠问题的历程。他讲述了AlphaGo如何通过自我学习突破围棋,以及AlphaFold如何结合多学科创新解决蛋白质结构预测的50年难题。他提出AI可能成为描述生物学的理想语言,开启了“数字生物学”时代,并展望了AI在科学研究中的巨大潜力与责任。
论据 / 案例:演讲者猜想,自然界中可被发现的模式或许能被经典计算高效建模,这可能对复杂性理论(如P vs NP)和信息论产生影响。
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"I was fascinated by the fact that someone had actually managed to program this inanimate piece of plastic to play chess well against me." —— 我着迷于这样一个事实:竟然有人能让这块无生命的塑料棋盘和我好好下棋。
"AlphaFold is not only very accurate, but it's also very fast. We quickly realized that it was fast enough to actually practically be able to fold all proteins known to science." —— AlphaFold不仅非常精确,而且速度极快。我们很快意识到,它的速度足以在实际中折叠已知的所有科学蛋白质。
"I think AI may be potentially the perfect description language for biology." —— 我认为AI可能是描述生物学的完美语言。
"If we're able to steward this technology safely through, then I think AGI could end up being the ultimate general purpose tool to help us understand the universe around us and our place in it." —— 如果我们能够安全地引导这项技术,那么我认为通用人工智能最终将成为帮助我们理解宇宙及自身位置的终极通用工具。