I take back everything I said about AI being a curse!
For the record I never said it was a curse but it can be cursed like anything else. But nonetheless, there’s more to discover on the side of things.
If you’ve been following along with my blog this far then you know I’m not particularly shy on words when it comes to the topic of artificial intelligence. I just don’t think living in the black in white is helpful in this area or in many areas for that matter. That’s where I’ve found Harper Caroll’s social media content super insightful in areas we have never thought about with technology. I do not necessarily agree with everything that is proclaimed from her brand, there’s context in her relationship with Meta that is clearly favorable toward Zuckerberg but I don’t hold that against her.
However, there is something I am very jazzed at the possibility of coming out of the Meta camp that Harper promoted.
Biohub want’s to cure or prevent all disease.
Considering how many of us have potentially lost loved ones to long standing diseases, the possibility of technology advancing to take away the sting some of this brings would be a dream come true.
But can we trust this promise?
Quick backstory. I got my undergrad from the University of Nevada, Reno in Public Health.
Now I work in IT… go figure.
Regardless of my career change, health sciences have always been interesting to me and I’ll never forget being told in my 2019 Epidemiology class about the inevitability of a large scale epidemic or pandemic that would require a massive infrastructure and societal shift… what do you know!
Well one two skip a few and we’ve done work with mRNA vaccines for Covid and now applying that technology to melanoma vaccines? So many cool biotech discoveries from rapid research in Epidemiology and aiming to stop the viral nature of diseases would be amazing so having companies promise this is both wonderful and super anxiety driving.
Our biggest 3 objectives to gain clarity on from these companies would be the following:
- How do they plan to keep this information from getting into the wrong hands?
- How do you prevent the spread of misinformation on non-IRB reviewed research that can be widely spread from private company marketing interests? (I think of the OsCorp/Spiderman situation)
- With the election results coming into view how will this influence your promises that you’ve advertised?
I am sure that Biohub either has answers for this and I absolutely want to look for the good in anyone who sets out to have this goal. It’s a trust but verify situation for me.
Regardless if they can deliver these promises, I believe we can have hope not in the cure for death, but for the ability to do righteousness and justice in this limited life, enjoying every bit of it that we can.
And for those who look to seek to improve our lives through any means, we have to admire that drive.
Until next time, let’s make something cool at work tomorrow.
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