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AI Will Cure Us All!! Or Not!! - EP 84 Abhi Mahajan

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AI Will Cure Us All!! Or Not!! - EP 84 Abhi Mahajan

Core Memory

Aug 20
Core Memory

Core Memory

Aug 20
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Every couple of days, a new AI-meets-biotech startup sends me a pitch, and the pitches all sound the same. AI is amazing, and it can now tame biology. We’re on the cusp of producing new cures for diseases at a rapid rate, and these startups know just how t...

Highlights

This episode examines how far artificial intelligence can genuinely accelerate biological research, drug discovery, and the development of safer biological technologies.
03:37
Drug discovery needs both intelligence and experimentation
04:26
Clinical trials remain primarily a human coordination problem
09:49
Delivery remains biology’s biggest bottleneck
15:42
Promising biology does not guarantee human success
29:45
Narrow AI successes do not guarantee biological understanding
40:42
Better models depend on better measurements.
44:49
Biology needs new assays, not just more automation.
57:06
Biology needs testable steps, not just bigger models.
1:05:35
AI may not significantly boost novice biological capabilities
1:12:00
AI is not the main driver of bioterrorism
1:21:37
Technology advances faster than biological safeguards
1:39:27
Biosecurity needs balance, not paralysis
1:42:41
Biosecurity must balance prevention with rapid containment.
1:53:41
Biological expertise must be grounded in real-world practice

Chapters

Intro
00:00
Is Intelligence the Bottleneck?
04:24
A Thousand von Neumanns
06:58
The Cancer Drug That Failed
12:29
Can AI Read a Tumor?
21:15
Is Text All You Need?
31:38
The Machine Nobody Built
44:39
A Trillion Dollar Organoid?
54:16
Biosecurity Lost the Plot
1:02:26
ChatGPT vs. a Virus
1:06:02
Why the Terrorists Failed
1:19:13
Who Gets to Order DNA?
1:24:37
China Wins Biology
1:42:41
The Lab Nobody Funds
1:53:41

Transcript

Eryney Marrogi: All right, here we go with one of the most important questions of our age. Will all of this AI technology that is unfolding before us improve biology and biotech? Will we be healthier? Abhishaike Mahajan: Will we live longer? Eryney Marro...