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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts that AI could make diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's relics of the past within a decade. Amodei believes AI can accelerate biological research and drug discovery, potentially reducing the time from 50 to 100 years to just 5 to 10 years. However, experts are skeptical, noting that AI-designed drugs have not yet achieved full clinical adoption. Pharmaceutical leaders emphasize that AI can speed up initial molecule discovery but does not bypass clinical trials and regulatory reviews. AI has shown potential in improving cancer detection and experimental treatment development, but the gap between computational predictions and established medical treatments remains.
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