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Letters to the editor Promise of AI in chemistry The artificial intelligence–driven marriage between structural biology and drug development coupled with avant-garde illustrative programs can likely revolutionize biomedicine and human health by propelling investigations by structural biologists, chemists, and students. For example, the state-of-the-art ChimeraX, a next-generation molecular visualization program, renders biological molecules such as proteins, RNA, and complex structures with unprecedented clarity, speed, and exquisite detail with respect to the intra- and intermolecular interactions between their side chains, backbone, and ligands. Blender, a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software tool, ups the ante by permitting every student of structural biology to become a movie creator, cinematographer, and director through animation of the molecules, visual effects, backdrops, shadows, and mixing and matching myriad options to create stunning structural masterpieces. We have come a long way since Nobelists John Kendrew and Max Perutz stood in front of a gargantuan ball-and-stick