Video games are not something static. We have seen creatives come in, sign some successful games, and then leave to try their luck in other jobs. Even in the current industry, we have active examples like Keita Takahashi, director of Katamari Damacy, who now designs playgrounds for the Japanese government, or Peter Molyneux, who started as a floppy disk salesman. Today, however, it is time to focus on Demis Hassabis, legendary designer and programmer of Syndicate and Black & White, who has just won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Hassabis, who started his career as a video game programmer out of love for them, especially for the PC, and his immense talent in AI development, founded DeepMind. This company, owned by Google, has been key in advancing artificial intelligence for various applications, but it has been his scientific contribution that has captured global attention. Along with John Jumper, Hassabis has managed to predict the structure of virtually the 200 million known types of proteins, an achievement of enormous implications for medicine and pharmacology, earning them the Nobel Prize.
The use of artificial intelligence has allowed tasks that previously required years of research to be completed in minutes, a fact highlighted by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences when awarding the prize. Advances in protein prediction and design open new possibilities for treating diseases and developing more effective biomedical technologies.
With this Nobel, Hassabis demonstrates that his ability to solve complex problems has not only changed the world of digital entertainment, but also that of science. His transition from programmer to acclaimed scientist is a testament to how technology and artificial intelligence can deeply impact the future of humanity.
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