Eric Topol pushes back on Amodei: curing cancer and Alzheimer's in 10 years is impossible
zakkohane · x · 2026-11-11
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted that cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease and mental illness would be cured in under 10 years. Renowned cardiologist and AI-in-medicine authority Eric Topol publicly disagreed, calling it an unattainable objective — while he is very optimistic about AI's impact on health, curing all these diseases within a decade is impossible.
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