Call to action: test ambitious AI medical plans against reality ASAP
iskander · x · 2026-08-18
The author notes that while AI companies may be hyping their IPOs with magical thinking, they are also providing genuinely new capabilities in a biotech landscape full of unevenly distributed power. The author urges anyone with a grounded, specific plan to achieve wildly ambitious medical feats using AI to test it against reality as soon as possible.
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