Demis Hassabis Predicts AI Will Cure All Human Diseases in 20 Years
mark_k · x · 2026-08-10
Nobel laureate and DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis predicts AI could cure all human diseases within 20 years. Stepping down as DeepMind CEO to become Alphabet's Chief Scientist, he is freeing up time to focus on AGI and Isomorphic Labs' mission to reinvent drug discovery, long arguing AI can shrink the decade-long, multi-billion-dollar drug design process down to months or weeks.
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