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We have medical trials for a reason. It doesn't matter what the drug discovery process is as long as you test them after discovering them.
by astrange 3y ago
We have medical trials for a reason. It doesn't matter what the drug discovery process is as long as you test them after discovering them.
- tasogare 3y ago[dead]
- pixl97 3y agoI'm assuming you mean 'We' as the US. Assuming everyone holds high standards may be a mistake.
- astrange 3y agoAm not aware of any non-US countries having issues with this either. The US is actually too strict, which is why we don't have any of the good sunscreens.
- jjk166 3y agoOne could imagine a sufficiently advanced AI coming up with drugs which are designed to appear harmless in drug trials despite still being dangerous, either because it legitimately wants to murder us or because its learning function will be incredibly biased towards passing drug trials. I mean, we already sometimes do that (see the Thalidomide Tradgedy), but presumably AI can do it faster and more efficiently in ways that we would struggle to anticipate.
- klyrs 3y ago[flagged]
- astrange 3y agoA whole virus worth of mRNA would be a lot of mRNA (though, a prion wouldn't be) and I think we'd notice it happening.
- ggm 3y agoAgree. Personally I'm strong on "AI has real risks", which are mostly inflated beliefs in what it tells us. The protocols for drug testing are so high AI (if it works) is most likely to reduce prescreening delay, and if it had a risk it would be ignoring novel forms which don't conform to training, not high lethality: the drug test regimen deals with that already.
- c_crank 3y ago[flagged]