alt Hacker NewsMinor nitpick about the headline. AI didn't help, it was used to identify a therapeutic candidate. I dislike personification of AI because people treat it as something religious already. AI doesn't do anything, the people using it do.
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derektank • 04/28/2025
I share your concern with anthropomorphizing AI tools but I don't think this is really a serious example. It seems fairly common to say a tool, even a rudimentary one, helps it's user in English. Spears helped hunter gatherers out compete other apex predators, road networks helped Rome maintain a large empire, solar panels help us reduce carbon emissions, etc.
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"seatbelts help people survive car accidents"
This is a completely normal way to talk about inanimate objects