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Re:Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker C... by signatoremo on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:16PM (#50416702)
China can run drug trials much faster than in the West - [0]

Why do you think the status quo is optimal that can’t be accelerated and done at lower cost? Of course AI can’t do trials on its own.

[0] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-29/china-s-s...

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Re:Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker C... by stackskipton on Sunday November 08, 2026 @04:29PM (#50417494)
No, but issue with status quo is the bureaucracy and politics.

As noted in the article, it's cheaper because regulations appear to be laxer and it's possibly resulted in deaths.

Whether or not that's acceptable is political discussion, not an AI one.

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