ResearchOctober 10, 2026
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AlphaFold Didn't Crack Protein Folding
AlphaFold didn't solve protein folding — DeepMind researcher calls for new scaling laws.
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🔥 What happened
Pushmeet Kohli (Google DeepMind) and Sal Candido (Biohub) explain on a podcast why AlphaFold didn't solve protein folding. Scaling compute and data alone isn't enough – the right biological datasets are missing.
💡 Why it matters
Protein structure prediction is just the beginning. Building virtual cells and drug discovery requires 10x breakthroughs, not 10% improvements. Protein language models already contain untapped knowledge.
⚡ Our take
Anyone who thinks AlphaFold is the holy grail ignores biology. Without dynamics and context, it's a static puzzle – impressive, but incomplete.
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