We need a cure for AI health hype. “I think it will actually be possible to cure most human disease in ~5-10 years,” wrote Anthropic co-founder @DarioAmodei recently on X. And on 60 Minutes last year, @demishassabis, co-founder of @googledeepmind, declared that “we can cure all disease with the help of AI… maybe within the next decade or so, I don’t see why not.”
Actually, there’s a big reason why not: human nature. An estimated 80% of chronic diseases and premature deaths are not driven by our genes — but rather by the way we live: what we eat, how much we move, how we sleep, how we manage stress and how we stay socially connected. The current debate on AI curing all diseases is more than a tempest in a GPTeapot — it points to a larger problem: so much of the conversation is focused on improving the machines, and so little on investing energy and resources on improving humans.
You can read more in my latest newsletter On My Mind.
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