An open letter frames AI's pursuit of cancer cures as a “misalignment”
The letter portrays AI companies' goals as at odds with cancer biology's focus on understanding disease. A user sharing it jokes about acting before “too many” cancers are cured.
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An open letter titled “A Severe Misalignment of AI and Cancer Biology” portrays the push to cure cancers as an AI benchmark as detrimental to cancer biology and its research community. It contrasts that push with generations of work to understand cells, tissues and organs. A user sharing it adds a quip: “We must act now before too many serious cancers are seriously cured by AI. How do I sign the letter?”
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