None of AlphaFold's 34 authors studied biology — the best biologists come from physics, math, or CS
felpix_ · x · 2026-09-24
An observation making the rounds: none of AlphaFold's 34 authors studied biology — the closest is a bioinformatics undergrad+PhD, plus a math undergrad turned comp-bio PhD, and even Dario Amodei didn't study bio. The takeaway: the people best at biology study physics, math, or CS.
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