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ocd • yesterday at 7:07 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Wouldn't this be like asking the cable company a long time ago whether they thought the internet would pose a risk to their bottom line?

I don't know. I've been leaning toward AI being the more probable source for cures since existing companies in medicine either have no incentive to do it, or can't/won't do it at a pace the world needs. At any rate, I certainly will not take the word of a pharmaceutical CEO.


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bagacrap • yesterday at 7:08 PM

Doesn't "the cable company" sell Internet access today?

The hard, expensive and slow part of drug making is not the discovery part.

jeltz • yesterday at 7:26 PM

So you are saying they are probably right? The Internet was not a threat to the cable companies.