Thank you for the textbooks! I've started studying Molecular Biology of the Cell to prepare for undergrad, but this is the first time I've heard about the others.

Are there any other books you would recommend?

Search for "computational biology" on Amazon, but I'd say go first to online courses if you have time and commitment, like:

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/bioinformatics

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/systems-biology

Also, checkout out

https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=computational%20biolo...

Then you will have a better understanding of the subject area and the literature to search.

I'm still in high school, so I don't think I'll have time to fit the courses into my schedule. I'll definitely look for the books though! Thanks.

I don't think it'd be too difficult. Train a PLM to generate proteins, validate with AF3, and send them off to a lab. You might want to read the ESM-3 paper if you're interested in stuff like this (not affiliated in any way).

Not really, no. Firstly, such image-generation models are based on mathematical concepts (it's literally math all the way down). I don't see the problem you raise about artistic jobs, because it doesn't seem like they're disappearing anytime soon. It's not the AI model that'll replace artists, but other artists using the AI models.

Also, could you please cite your statement about "extremely similar images" being created?