We can't simulate cells we don't understand: a reality check on AI-for-disease claims
Sauers_ · x · 2026-09-24
Pushing back on the "simulate cells, solve diseases" narrative, Sauers argues we don't even know what processes are happening inside a cell — it's too small to observe directly.
Cell biology experiments mostly proceed by manually designing procedures to test individual hypotheses, meaning AI-driven cell simulation is far more distant than hype suggests.
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