Does slowing AI development delay cures for cancer and other diseases?
Hot-Examination-4425 · reddit · 2026-08-23
This post raises an ethical dilemma: if faster AI development leads to faster medical progress in drug discovery, protein design, and cancer treatments, does slowing AI down to address risks like job displacement or privacy effectively delay life-saving cures? The author seeks a balance between caution and the harm caused by delayed progress.
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