If we knew that we probably wouldn’t need AI to tell us.

But realistically: perhaps by noticing patterns we’ve failed to notice and by generating likely molecules or pathways to treatment that we hadn’t explored.

We don’t really know what causes most diseases anyway. Why does the Shingles vaccine seem to defend against dementia? Why does picking your nose a lot seem to increase risk of Alzheimer’s?

That’s the point of building something smarter than us: it can get to places we can’t get on our own, at least much faster than we could without it.