Anthropic CEO says AI will make cancer and Alzheimer's relics of the past; mocked as snake oil
AlexTensor · x · 2026-11-12
Yahoo Finance reports that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claims cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness will be "relics of the past" in under a decade thanks to AI. The claim drew immediate mockery: "The finest oil in the world, harvested from the most exquisite snakes you've ever seen."
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