What is really interesting: https://www.deepmind.com/blog/alphafold-reveals-the-structure-of-the-protein-universe
OverView (Timeline): https://www.deepmind.com/research/highlighted-research/alphafold/timeline-of-a-breakthrough It seems, if the below link is what I'm looking for, that the first protein structure documented by humans was in about 1950 (which, makes sense also anyway, 1500 or prior wouldn't make total sense to see much of this). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_structure What's next? Cells? We know how many types of stable atoms there is and their characteristics. There's like 100 or so. Molecules seem to have millions. Proteins much more. Apparently, humans have at least 10,000 different types of proteins that make us up, and we know there is 214,000,000 due to AlphaFold at least hehe. Apparently most our current drugs are small/simple molecules. And this: "Ho’s analysis reveals for the first time how many molecules of each protein there are in the cell, with a total number of molecules estimated to be around 42 million. The majority of proteins exist within a narrow range—between 1000 and 10,000 molecules. Some are outstandingly plentiful at more than half a million copies, while others exist in fewer than 10 molecules in a cell." Ok this 42 number appeared again now I'm creeped out: "If such searches for new active agents are to be successful, it’s essential to have improved tools that enable the researchers to find their way through the growing world of data. Pubchem is a database of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the USA. It’s collecting all available information on more than 96 million molecules. SureChEMBL lists some 17 billion patented bonds. In recent years, besides Jean-Louis Reymond’s three GDBs, numerous other specialised directories have been created. Reymond then came up with an idea for a kind of coordinate system for the chemical space. “We thought about the simple properties that are important for the behaviour of a molecule, and after quite a bit of guesswork with the system, we decided on 42”, he explains. Every molecule has countable characteristics, like the number of bonds involved, the right structures or the number and type of its atoms. Together, they determine the identity of every molecule. “I’m surprised myself that this simple system of the 42 properties has provided such wonderful results down to this day”, says Reymond." Some my thoughts: The difference though between proteins and cells though is cells duplicate, so I feel like that differentiates the two. I mean can cells really just emerge from some molecules attracting together? I mean, it's rare to get the 1st cell, right!? :D There's many contexts around, and some bring about the typical molecules etc, but cell, it seems as if it is a tricky thing to make. Maybe it just takes time! I mean, maybe there is a LOT of possible bigger structures, and cell is the common one. But then why cell? Is it just our physics? It's a structure now trying to store memories into DNA. It's trying to survive suddenly! It's trying to clone, so it can BECOME common/ stay stable (alive) for millions of years. Maybe then, it is not common for the 1st cell to come together? Same for death, most die early at first, while tables, they do just fine not ageing. But then why is this rare structure trying to become common and why can it and... It's because it is large enough now it can store memories and hack the physics so to change around what is common and not common, now common things is what can clone/live long more...our physics is not physics based really it is intelligence based then (cloning/ repairing). ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc0c4e4984cb770c9-M51373d7947de7bdb78645b45 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
