Geneticist: rare disease won't be solved by AI and robotics scaling alone
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-07
Pushing back on Daniel McNinnon's claim that AI and robotics can 100x the pace of rare disease discovery, Anshul Kundaje argues rare disease will only be solved by measuring the right entities in the right cell contexts (fetal developmental and disease contexts), working out fundamental developmental biology, solving therapeutic delivery, and more reliable screening.
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