'AI cancer cures are just relabeled ML' — debate over where AI actually helps in drug discovery
MatthewChang · x · 2026-08-22
@datarade claims the AI cancer narrative is fake — just ML relabeled. @MatthewChang counters that AI's magic lies in diseases whose cures can be synthesized on existing equipment, like solving a big organic chemistry equation, and agrees the most promising use of AI for cancer is simply more resources into machine learning.
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