StarTalk Radio Curing All Disease with AI with Max Jaderberg
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May 30, 2025 
In a captivating discussion, Max Jaderberg, Chief AI Officer at Isomorphic Labs, shares his insights on how AI is revolutionizing biology and medicine. With a background in deep learning from Oxford, he highlights the breakthroughs in protein folding through tools like AlphaFold, which could be key in curing diseases. The conversation delves into the implications for drug design, emphasizing personalized treatments and the ethical considerations of AI in healthcare. Jaderberg's expertise sheds light on a future where AI transforms the landscape of medicine.
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AI as Language of Biology
- Biology is too complex for traditional math and physics equations, unlike physics itself.
- AI and machine learning provide a new language that may describe biological complexity through an isomorphic mapping.
Proteins as 3D Molecular Machines
- Proteins fold into specific 3D shapes, forming molecular machines essential for life.
- These shapes dictate interactions like fitting pieces of a 3D puzzle inside cells.
AlphaFold Predicts Protein Folding
- AlphaFold uses deep learning models trained on 50 years of protein structure data to predict 3D folds from amino acid sequences.
- This approach produces predictions comparable in accuracy to experimental lab methods but much faster.