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jesse_dot_idyesterday at 9:24 PM1 replyview on HN

Mostly common sense and an understanding of how technology evolves but, but also:

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.06.25329104v...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11326321/

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.24047

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.24047

And more just a Google search away.


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pesusyesterday at 9:46 PM

Thanks for the response, but unfortunately "common sense" is not a source.

And unfortunately, these aren't actual examples of medical progress being made. AI in some capacity is absolutely going to be helpful for medical research, but I'm still very skeptical LLMs are what is going to do it. I also do not think all the other BS coming with the current LLM wave outweighs the benefits. I think the reaction would be much different if these things weren't conflated, and if the focus of AI was towards things like medical research. As it stands, it comes off more as a coping mechanism / excuse that I do not think is convincing for most people when they see the majority of AI is used for garbage (to put it lightly).

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