Oncologist Fires Back at Terence Tao Over AI in Cancer Medicine

Oncologist Vinay Prasad pushed back against Terence Tao's critique of AI in cancer medicine, arguing that many common cancer drugs worked before their mechanisms were understood, and that Tao's real concern is AI gaming phase 3 trials rather than finding effective drugs.

2026-10-13 ~ 2026-10-13 · 3 related posts

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