AI in healthcare and curing diseases
We are living in the era of artificial intelligence. From education and finance to food and retail, nearly Every industry is upgrading with AI. A lot of tasks that once required lawyers, accountants, or consultants are now easily answered by AI prompts on Open AI, Grok or Perplexity AI.
But what about AI in Healthcare? What about its uses and benefits in detection of diseases and curing them? What about cancer, rare genetic disorders, or Alzheimer’s? It is a very interesting take on AI’s potential in the next ten years, especially in the healthcare sector. And this is the bold claim recently made by DeepMind’s CEO!
What Demis Hassabis actually said about AI ?
In a recent interview CEO and Founder of DeepMind Technologies, Demis Hassabis claimed that in 10 years AI will be able to cure all diseases and it will be a big help for humanity. He stated, “I think one day maybe we can cure all diseases with the help of AI. Maybe within the next decade or so. I don’t see why not.” The Knighted British AI pioneer believes that it is not a science fiction but a science fact. He also claimed that AI can not only be helpful in curing diseases but to completely eradicate diseases as well in the coming years.
“It takes, on average, 10 years and billions of dollars to develop just one drug.” Hassabis explained. He believes that it can be reduced to months or even weeks. He is confident that AI can transform the field of medicine completely.
How Artificial intelligence is already transforming the healthcare industry ?
DeepMind’s recent achievement AlphaFold demonstrated that How Artificial intelligence could solve one of biology’s grand challenges which is predicting the 3-dimensional structure of proteins. AlphaFold has mapped approximately 200 Million protein structures with accuracy which is an exceptional achievement as human researchers could have taken centuries to crack. And with the help of this discovery there are new possibilities for vaccine development, drug discovery and treatments for diseases like Parkinsons and Alzheimers.
Apart from AlphaFold, in the field of antibiotic development, artificial intelligence has made a huge impact where researchers at MIT have discovered an antibiotic which can kill bacteria which was immune to other antibiotics. This groundbreaking discovery is known as Halicin which was almost impossible a couple of years ago.
AI also played a huge role in covid-19 pandemic. AI models helped to predict how SARS-CoV2 would behave which helped vaccine developers test candidates in months rather than in years.
Apart from this Face2Gene and Deep Genomics are helping doctors to diagnose complex genetic conditions in weeks instead of years. This new innovation is giving hope to patients who have endured for a long time.
What Other Healthtech Companies Are Doing With AI
Also, It’s not just DeepMind. Across the globe, AI-driven companies are racing to rewrite the rules of healthcare innovation. Following are a few examples of standout companies making a significant impact:
- Insilico Medicine: Designing new cancer and fibrosis drugs with the help of generative AI. Insilico discovered a new AI drug, Rentosertib, for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
- Tempus: Combines AI and precision medicine to deliver personalized cancer care using massive clinical and molecular data.
- PathAI: Deploying AI algorithms to help pathologists diagnose cancer and other diseases more accurately and efficiently.
- BenevolentAI: Leveraging AI to discover small molecule drug candidates faster, targeting a range of diseases.
- Deep Genomics: Building AI systems that mine scientific literature and data to predict new drug targets for diseases like ALS.
How a ten-year timeline seems bold and believable
Speculating that AI will be able to cure all diseases by 2035 sounds ambitious. But the accelerating pace of innovation makes this timeline challenging yet plausible
Already seeing exponential growth in AI models is helping a lot in doing research these days. From minimizing the time of 10 years to just a few months is helping a lot in exploring cures in the field of medicine.
Support from the government, massive investments from big giants and with the support of tech companies, it is getting easier every day to tackle any health issue.
Challenges ahead in AI in healthcare
Though Artificial intelligence has been extremely helpful in healthcare but alongway there have been numerous challenges as well. Such as:
- Many AI models are already trained on limited and outdated data which could result in misdiagnosis, inequality in treatments and health disparities
- Private information of every individual and patient’s information are ongoing concerns in AI-driven healthcare systems.
- Approval for AI-based drugs or AI-assisted diagnosis is a complex process.
The Futurism Today’s Take on this!
At The Futurism Today, we believe Demis Hassabis has truly captured the essence and importance of this era which is, humans and technology, together if work can and will solve the greatest challenges of humanity.
Curing all diseases in 10 years is an aggressive goal but curing many currently incurable diseases is within reach. This epic fusion of AI, biotech, healthcare, technology and humans will redefine the world of medicine.
So, What are your thoughts on this? Do you agree with Demis Hassabis?
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