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> a topic with an unusual level of specification Solving cancer also has an unusual level of specification. Many real world problems have that characteristic.
by intrasight 10d ago
> a topic with an unusual level of specification
Solving cancer also has an unusual level of specification. Many real world problems have that characteristic.
- lelanthran 10d ago> Solving cancer also has an unusual level of specification. Where did you read that? "Cancer" is not just a single disease, even though we layman use the term that way. Cancer is a family of diseases, each probably having their own specific solution, but even in each of these individual diseases, there is no specification at the level of any open maths problem.
- intrasight 10d agoI know what cancer is. Many scientists believe that all human adults above the age of about 30 have "cancer". I really meant solving a specific cancer disease for a specific individual, which will require individualized medicine, which will require us to leverage AI to make it possible to do for the general population as opposed to doing it just for Lance Armstrong and the like. I know I'm an optimist, but I really think AI is gonna result in drastically improved healthcare for a much lower price.
- hi_im_greg_h 10d agoThis is so untrue its actually insane to me that anyone could believe this. The real world is so messy, and specifically cancer/biology is insanely messy and certainly not well specified. You should close chatgpt and read a book sometime.
- goolz 10d agoMaybe a specific cancer but in general “solving cancer” is about as scattershot and unspecific as you could be.