To hear Silicon Valley tell it, the end of disease is well on its way. Not because of oncology research or some solution to America’s ongoing doctor shortage, but because of (what else?) advances in generative AI.Demis Hassabis, a Nobel laureate for his AI research and the CEO of Google DeepMind, said on Sunday that he hopes that AI will be able to solve important scientific problems and help “cure all disease” within five to 10 years. Earlier this month, OpenAI released new models and touted their ability to “generate and critically evaluate novel hypotheses” in biology, among other disciplines. (Previously, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had told President Donald Trump, “We will see diseases get cured at an unprecedented rate” thanks to AI.) Dario Amodei, a co-founder of Anthropic, wrote last fall that he expects AI to bring about the “elimination of most cancer.”These are all executives marketing their products,… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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