So when you’re thinking of somebody who contributes to society, naturally one may think of influential politicians who issue out policies that change society in many ways, or you think of multi-billionaire corporate leaders who quite literally shape the landscape around them and provide employment for millions of people. But to me one of the most influential people of the 21st century who contributed his very overwhelmingly important research and ideas was David Baker. He is a Nobel laureate who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry just last year in 2024 for his groundbreaking work in computational biology. His research now allows people to utilize artificial intelligence to individually create new proteins that have never existed before in nature in order to treat you know particular diseases and catering to individual needs. This is outstanding in many ways. It allows for individually catered medicinal treatment plans and it allows for vaccines to be manufactured fast. But perhaps in tandem with this groundbreaking scientific progress, I think that the real deal comes in how he uses it. The primary catalyst of the process is made by artificial intelligence and this shows us that his contribution is not solely in the research but only in the attention of the world to what AI can do to humanity instead of just you know generating fake content. It leverages our attention to much more important things.
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So when you're thinking of somebody who contributes to society, naturally one may think of influential politicians who issue policies that change society in many ways, or you think of multi-billionaire corporate leaders who quite literally shape the landscape around them and provide employment for millions of people. But to me, one of the most influential people of the 21st century who contributed his overwhelmingly important research and ideas was David Baker. He is a Nobel laureate who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry just last year in 2024 for his groundbreaking work in computational biology. His research now allows people to utilize artificial intelligence to individually create new proteins that have never existed before in nature in order to treat particular diseases and cater to individual needs. This is outstanding in many ways. It allows for individually catered medicinal treatment plans and enables vaccines to be manufactured quickly. But perhaps in tandem with this groundbreaking scientific progress, I think that the real value comes in how he uses it. The primary catalyst of the process is made by artificial intelligence, and this shows us that his contribution is not solely in the research but also in drawing the world's attention to what AI can do for humanity instead of just generating fake content. It leverages our attention to much more important things.
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