There is no such thing as an AI drug, argues researcher Patrick Kidger
PatrickKidger · x · 2026-10-14
Responding to Shkreli's AI-drug comments on the All-In podcast, mathematician Patrick Kidger argues the whole framing is built on a false premise: there has never been an "AI drug," so debates over approval timelines, yearly counts, or cost deltas are pointless. He stresses ML has genuinely contributed — CNNs turning fluorophore data into signal for genetically validated targets, ML classifiers in virtual screening — but that is "ML-assisted drug discovery," not "AI drugs."
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