Viral "ChatGPT solved an entire disease" post sparks debate over AI hype and irony
TheMoonMidas · x · 2026-09-10
A widely shared post claims ChatGPT was told to pick the most devastating disease, design a drug target and inhibiting molecule optimized for DMPK, ADMET, and FDA approvability — then "solved the entire disease."
The claim is clearly meme-level exaggeration, but its virality is fueling discussion about how absurd AI-capability claims spread online and where the line between irony and hype sits.
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