Researchers who developed protein folding software, and used it to predict new, useful proteins win the Nobel.

Nobel physics prize winner Geoffrey Hinton, 76, often called the “godfather of AI,” also worked at the California-based tech company until quitting so he could speak more openly about the potential downsides of AI.

Thanks to these Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, artificial intelligence now reveals the internal structure of proteins, allowing scientists to design new ones. Here's what these advancements could mean for us.