How is AI accelerating progress in medicine, and when will it reach the level of impact it has already achieved in programming and mathematics?
Summary
A discussion-style post asking how AI is currently accelerating medical research and development, and whether its impact in medicine will eventually match what it has achieved in programming and mathematics, or if breakthroughs beyond LLMs like world models and robotics are needed. The author is personally motivated to follow progress in the field due to their own health issues.
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