> I'm open to the idea that AI could help medical research, but just claiming it'll end "alzheimers, cancer, heart disease and mental illness" with absolutely 0 evidence isn't a particularly grounded claim that warrants any discussion.

This is up there with the claims Chan-Zuckerberg Foundation made during their start-up that the foundation would "end all disease within our lifetime." So far they haven't ended one disease, and meanwhile they quietly watered down their claim to soften the language to update to "cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of the 21st century."