Could AI cure cancer? Tech boss thinks it could happen in our lifetime
Tech experts suggest that AI could potentially cure cancer within our lifetime by modeling complex DNA markers. However, concerns remain regarding the pharmaceutical industry's financial incentives and the global shortage of computing chips required for such advancements.
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It highlights the intersection of medical innovation and the economic interests of the pharmaceutical sector, while identifying hardware supply chains as a bottleneck for AI progress.
Haas said that modelling how a DNA marker is impacted by cancer is too complex for humans to tackle on their own, but could be done by powerful AI systems.
Gilchrist said Haas believed a shortage of chips was currently one of the biggest barriers to expanding the computing power needed for AI.
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