Dr. Google: How Google’s new AI could revolutionize medicine
Published in Artificial Intelligence, Drugs development.
It’s 2040. You’re at your doctor’s office, and you just tested positive for that disease that killed your uncle. Just 10 years ago, the news would’ve been devastating, but in this hypothetical future, your doctor is able to prescribe a highly effective treatment — thanks to Google.
Discovering drugs with AI
Google might not be widely associated with medicine today (dubious consults with “Dr. Google,” aside), but the tech giant just unveiled AlphaFold 3 — an AI that could start us on the path to a future where we have effective medications for countless conditions that are untreatable today.