AI drug discovery predictions from a decade ago fail
cjmaddison · x · 2026-08-17
A post highlighted a prediction from a major AI drug discovery player ten years ago that there would be ten FDA approved drugs in a decade. Ten years later, zero have passed Phase II trials. CJ Maddison commented that credibility is lost when folks claim cures to all human disease in 5-10 years, noting we can't even measure most of it.
More from Companies & People
- 73 voters rank sub-$10B AI neolabs by talent density, Core Automation tops list — matanSF · 2026-10-03
- Nat Lambert co-founds Trillium Labs, a nonprofit for open frontier AI science — natolambert · 2026-10-03
- Agent-Native Sandbox Startup Grows 50.9% Monthly With Team Under 30 — pzakin · 2026-10-03
- Together AI product team shares team-level AI workflow: shared context repo, prototype-first PRDs — togethercompute · 2026-10-03
- Runway AI Summit closes with Valenzuela reflection, Labs unveils Continuum — runwayml · 2026-10-03
- Beverly Hills schools launch AI Task Force with students shaping AI curriculum — lmoroney · 2026-10-03