The Nobel Prize in Chemistry also won in AI...The honor of "Alpha Go's Father."

[Anchor]
Following the Nobel Prize in Physics a day ago, the Chemistry Prize was also given to researchers in the fields of artificial intelligence and AI.

I'm credited with using a computer or AI to uncover the secrets of proteins,

The conservative Nobel Committee has declared the beginning of the AI era.

I'm a YouTube reporter on the report.

[Reporter]
Back in 2016, the AI Go program AlphaGo defeated Korea's Lee Se-dol 4-1.

It was a moment when Go, which has infinite variables, opened the beginning of the AI era by going beyond humans.DeepMind researchers, a subsidiary of Google that developed

'AlphaGo', promised a bigger leap forward.

[Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind / May 2017: We hope to develop next-level advanced general algorithms based on the science of 'AlphaGo'.]

Four years later, Alpha Fold 2, which predicts the structure of proteins essential for all life activities, was unveiled to the world.

Since the function of proteins depends on their structure, they must first understand the structure in order to conquer diseases.

'AlphaFold2' solves the challenges that have plagued the life sciences for decades by predicting 200 million protein structures based on deep learning.

Prior to this, Professor David Baker of the United States succeeded in designing a new protein using a computer.

Since then, we have created a series of creative proteins that can be used as various medicines or nanomaterials.

[David Baker, professor of biochemistry at the University of Washington] Human beings live longer. There's also a new disease. We are making the Earth hotter and polluting it. So if we have enough time to wait, new proteins can evolve to solve these problems.]

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the leaders of the two studies that revealed the secret of protein.

In particular, the fact that DeepMind CEO, not a chemist, won the Chemistry Prize is considered a big surprise.

[Fernilla Bitung-Stafshede Nobel Prize in Chemistry] We've known for over 50 years that this pearl necklace has all the information. But I didn't understand. And we solved this today.]

The Nobel Committee declared that humanity has entered the AI era in earnest, with the physics and chemistry awards given to AI researchers.

Since the 1970s, the physics prize has been awarded to two researchers who laid the foundation for machine learning.

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