Dario Amodei says AI will make cancer and Alzheimer's 'relics of the past' within a decade
KevinKaichuang · x · 2026-11-11
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claimed AI breakthroughs will turn cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness into "relics of the past" in less than a decade, ushering in "an age of miracles."
The post drew a pointed rebuttal from scientist baym, who rhetorically asked what would actually drive the incidence of all those diseases swiftly and simultaneously to zero — signaling expert skepticism about the timeline.
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