University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: AI

Nobel-Winning AlphaFold2 and RosettaFold: Cracking the Protein Folding Mystery

Summary “Explore how David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their advances in computer-assisted protein design.” Video: How AI Cracked the Protein Folding Code and Won a Nobel Prize This 22min19 video provides a very good explanation of the origins of the research in protein structure, from …

NCBI-Workshops

Summary The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) offers events, including workshops hands-on, interactive training sessions. All events are listed on the NCBI Outreach Events page. Workshop recordings and materials remain available after the live sessions. NCBI Outreach Events The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a division of the National Library of Medicine …

Is p-value hacking reverse statistics?

Summary P-value hacking is the process of manipulating or analyzing data in a way that increases the likelihood of obtaining statistically significant results. I used 4 different AI chatbots to obtain an explanation with examples. Statistics This story came about when I watched a short video titled “Teach me STATISTICS in half an hour! Seriously.” …

Foundational concepts to understand AI: free online curricula

Summary Alignment Course is an online curriculum that provides materials in a useful order to learn fundamentals. The Governance Course offers similar material at the beginning, but then moves towards governance (regulations etc.). Within the first “SESSION” both offer a video insight titled: How ChatGPT Works Technically. Wisconsin AI Safety Initiative Founded in Spring 2023, the …

AlphaFold background

Predicting protein three-dimensional (3D) structures given a linear sequence of amino acids. The AlphaFold2 breakthrough.