Harvard biologist Ebright slams Dario's 10-year disease cure claim as worse than Theranos
AlexTensor · x · 2026-11-12
After Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness would be cured within 10 years, Harvard molecular biologist Richard Ebright mocked the claim: "Dario Amodei's claim makes Elizabeth Holmes' claims look cautious by comparison," adding that such promises are "deliberate lies to defraud scientifically illiterate investors."
A notable clash between AI-accelerated-medicine optimism and serious scientific skepticism.
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