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by muenalan 622 days ago
Surely, it is helpful to consider the achievement in terms of the contest setup to detect a Nobel-worthy breakthrough: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CASP

It moved the needle so much in terms of baseline capability. Let alone Nobel’s original request: positive impact to humanity; well deserved.

In biology/medicine it is still awed like coming from a different planet; tech before was obviously that lacking.