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points by devindotcom 2 days ago | 0 comments

the thing is we are not short on "ideas" in the drug development process

Maybe AI would be better put to use helping us determine which ideas are good then

We have clinical trials for that. I’d also suggest that the first step in offering fixes for a complex problem should be educating yourself about the nature of that problem.

[–] azan_ 2 days ago

Extremely expensive and time consuming clinical trials. If we’d increase success rate by even few % by selecting better candidates it would be huge.

[–] EA-3167 2 days ago

There’s no indication of ML systems expediting the clinical trial process, only the “brainstorming” part.

[–] gradus_ad 1 day ago

We are talking about future research directions, not what's possible today. Given the success AI has had in virtually every domain its been deployed in, there's no reason to think it won't do well simulating physiological processes.

[–] EA-3167 1 day ago

In fact we're talking about claims that Anthropic is making to juice their IPO prospects, there's precisely zero indication that ML is capable of doing what you're suggesting. Generally speaking an enormous claim requires commensurate support, not "I figure it'll just work out down the road."