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Dario Amodei has said cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and mental illness could be “relics of the past” in less than a decade. The Anthropic chief made the prediction in a company-released IPO roadshow video, according to TechSpot.

That is a striking forecast to make to potential investors, but it is not a treatment announcement or evidence that cures are around the corner. TechSpot says medical experts it consulted consider complete cures within ten years implausible, in part because of the long-term trials involved. AI may help medical research, but a sweeping promise about disease is not the same thing as a proven result.

Discuss: Should AI leaders make forecasts like this in an IPO pitch, or should investors expect clearer evidence?

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