Like how Anthropic has started to run their own biology labs?
replyProbably wildly irresponsible given they think it's likely to kill everyone with a virus, but yes.
replyIf you have a super-intelligent AI that can cure cancer, just sell the cure for cancer already?
Medicine is a slow moving field. If they discovered the cure today how many years will it take to be certified as safe and effective by medical boards? More years than they have runway, in all likelihood.
replyThat's another way of saying the same thing: even if AI is great, there's all kinds of reasons why it won't be a new industrial revolution.
replyIntelligence is very rarely the limiting reagent in progress.