Jacob Trefethen
Person on 4 sites
Runs global health R&D at Open Philanthropy; writes about the science and medicine that could exist and does not
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
Updated 2026-09-06 -
14 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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AI will not on its own compress decades of medical progress into a few years, because the binding constraint is human data, clinical trials and regulation rather than intelligence. (opens korrents.com)
“Those are why I do not believe that AI could end disease within 10 years on its own, nor that 50-100 years of medical progress could occur 5-10 years after powerful AI due to AI progress alone”
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Rapid AI progress does not automatically produce rapid medical progress; without complementary investment, people still get cancer and Alzheimer's. (opens korrents.com)
“Rapid AI progress does not automatically mean rapid medical progress. If the point of AI progress is human flourishing, we must make other complementary investments too.”
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Not every bottleneck on medical progress is one AI can remove, and which ones will remain can be guessed at now. (opens korrents.com)
“But I don’t think all bottlenecks on medical progress are equally AI-able in the next decade, and I don’t think all will become irrelevant.”
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AI will not on its own compress decades of medical progress into a few years, because the binding constraint is human data, clinical trials and regulation rather than intelligence. (opens korrents.com)
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6 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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How to be a wise optimist about science and technology? (opens rcmnd.app)
“Nielsen reads as a scientist holding those tensions seriously, alive and vivid, while believing intellectual progress and reconciliation between them is possible.”
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The Practical Guide to Biotech Partnerships (opens rcmnd.app)
“I love detailed pieces written by people who've successfully done the thing they're writing about. The more specific the better.”
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Machines of Loving Grace (opens rcmnd.app)
“for those wondering if San Franciscans are all the same, FYI I disagree with some parts of Amodei's piece that are pretty important to his conclusions.”
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How to be a wise optimist about science and technology? (opens rcmnd.app)