Cancer will become history in 10 years, claims AI company CEO

New Delhi: Necessity is the mother of invention. Over time, humans have always demonstrated their ability to find solutions to combat disease. Even today, humans searching for cures for numerous ailments still fail to overcome many major diseases. But in the world of AI, even the seemingly impossible becomes possible. AI experts hope that this technology could soon eradicate diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's, mental illness, and heart disease. Anthropic CEO Amodei claims that if AI is used in the right direction, all these diseases will be a thing of the past within the next 10 years.

Dario, who has made a name for himself worldwide with Anthropic's innovative models, also spoke about the world of medicine. He said, "I believe that in less than a decade, cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness will be things of the past." Continuing his talk, Amodei said, "I believe that if we do it right, we can bring about an era of miracles, where humanity will be able to solve problems that have remained unsolved for centuries."

Other AI experts have also expressed hope

Humans' hopes of becoming immortal aren't new. They've always been held back by the technology of the times. But today, for the first time, humans are in a time where we don't know what the next five or ten years will be like. In this era of AI, even the masters of this technology see it as helpful in major medical research. Other AI leaders, such as Elon Musk and Google AI chief Demis Hassabis, also express similar hopes.

What Elon Musk claims?

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, also seems enthusiastic about the use of AI in the medical field. He claims that this AI could provide all of humanity with the same level of access to the President of the United States.

New suggestion from Google AI chief Hassabis

Google AI chief Hassabis suggests that AI could reduce the time it takes to discover drugs from a decade to a few weeks. This could lead to the "end of disease" or the discovery of cures for all diseases within a decade. Hassabis cited major achievements like AlphaFold, which has mapped more than 200 million protein structures. This research is proof that AI can greatly accelerate the pace of biological research.

Pharmaceutical sector have different thinking

While experts seem to be pushing the idea that AI can revolutionize the field, pharmaceutical experts have a different take. Jeff Leiden, executive chairman of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, has called these deadlines "complete nonsense." He explained that Vertex, in collaboration with approximately 50 AI companies, tested 10,000 drug compounds, but none of them could develop an effective drug on their own. However, it can be said that AI has not yet reached the stage where it can solve medical complexities in a jiffy.

On the other hand, those in the medical field claim that even if a drug could be developed quickly through AI, it would still take years to test its effects on the human body. A vaccine or drug is tested in several stages: first on animals and then on humans. These stages constitute the largest part of the 10- to 12-year-long process of drug development. Although AI cannot be completely relied upon for new drugs in the medical field at this time, over time, AI could evolve further and become beneficial to humans. AI experts are pinning their hopes on this.