After 17 years in bio, a scaling researcher calls AI-biomed hype Theranos-level
zacharynado · x · 2026-11-12
- A researcher with 17 years as an experimental biologist and 8 years scaling transformers pushes back on AI-accelerates-biomedicine optimism: the binding constraint is physical — human bio interventions take years to validate.
- Recruiting schizophrenia/Alzheimer's trial patients is notoriously slow; oncology and cardiovascular readouts are equally slow. You can't iterate a physical system faster than you can intervene.
- Verdict: biomed people are right to call this out — Theranos-level magical thinking, borderline unethical roadshow hype.
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