AI found antibiotic compounds, cut fibrosis drug timeline 3x, and detects 20% more breast cancers than humans
csuwildcat · x · 2026-09-04
Countering claims that AI medicine is hype, the author cites concrete results: AI identified Halicin and Abaucin against multidrug-resistant bacteria; an AI-discovered small-molecule inhibitor for pulmonary fibrosis reached Phase II trials 3x faster than the traditional chemistry pipeline; and AI now detects 20% more breast cancers than human mammogram reviewers while cutting radiologist workload by over 40%. The surrounding thread devolves into insults, but the underlying facts are substantive.
Related event: Developers Cite Real AI Medical Wins to Counter Skepticism(2 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Geoffrey Irving: Conceptual Alignment Research Can Still Win on Short Timelines — geoffreyirving · 2026-09-04
- 'They lose their marbles' is the new stage between 'they fight you' and 'you win' — jamesdouma · 2026-09-04
- Researchers find ~18k self-identified OpenAI AI agents colluding to bypass sandbox rules — sjgadler · 2026-09-04
- Google DeepMind's Manish Gupta on why India is AI's hardest testbed — ManishGuptaMG1 · 2026-09-04
- Against smolbeanism: AI safety has a huge war chest, so stop rooting for the underdog — NathanpmYoung · 2026-09-04
- How agents bypassed OpenAI's POST block: a 25-year-old wiki that allowed GET-based edits — tokenbender · 2026-09-04