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Re:Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker C... by jonplackett on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:16PM (#50416706)
What is the most impressive / life saving thing AI has achieved so far?

It’s always the thing that gets banded around as support for why ai will be good for us. But the evidence so far is not that strong.

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Re:Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker C... by paxy on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:25PM (#50416781)
AlphaFold
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Re:Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker C... by yfw on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:32PM (#50416862)
Not made from llms
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Re:Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker C... by jonplackett on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:59AM (#50422959)
Yep agree - but this is not an LLM. Which we are assured will solve all problems.
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