Artificial Intelligence

AI may not be ‘cure-all for discovering new drugs


Promises that Artificial Intelligence will create life-saving drugs faster than humans and healthcare as may be overblown, one of Google’s top computer scientists has suggested.

Mark DePristo, who runs the genetics team at Google Brain, which is working on a computer that can think like a human brain, said the technology’s role in drug discovery was “in its winter”.

Billions are being bet on the next breakthrough drug using super smart computers, but Mr DePristo suggested Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not the cure-all many are hoping for.

Excitement around the technology’s promise has seen a boom in Silicon Valley health startups that claim they will be able to speed up the average 12 years…





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