48% of Americans Want AI to Cure Cancer and Other Diseases
VraserX · x · 2026-07-19
A survey shows that 48% of Americans rank curing diseases like cancer or Alzheimer's among their top three expectations for AI. The poster uses this to criticize the tech sphere's current obsession with minute differences in model benchmark scores, urging the industry to focus on solving major, real-world problems.
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