Fleuret: if AI designs drugs as fast as it makes dumb videos, regulation will buckle
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-11-12
François Fleuret argues that many comments treat regulation as a fundamental constraint like a law of thermodynamics—but if evidence piles up that AI can design drugs at the speed it generates dumb videos, the whole system and legislators will come under immense pressure. Experts, he notes, were adamant their fields were special and AI couldn't do anything significant for decades.
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