Hacker News Post Asks Why Powerful AI Has Not Cured Cancer

Summary

A Hacker News post questions why, if AI is advancing as rapidly and dramatically as widely reported, it has not yet helped discover a cure for cancer or another serious disease. The author points to the contrast between claims about AI as a threat to society and their own routine uses of it for dashboards and spreadsheet analysis. They call on highly capable AI users who are also scientists to apply these systems to major medical problems.