How can AI actually save Humanity?
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, revolutionizing industries and reshaping our world. While some fear its potential for unintended consequences, others recognize its immense power to address humanity’s most pressing challenges. AI, when harnessed responsibly and ethically, holds the key to a brighter future, offering solutions to healthcare, environmental concerns, and transportation issues.
AI and CRISPR: Eradicating Disease through Precision Gene Editing
Diseases have plagued humanity for centuries, causing immense suffering and loss of life. AI, when paired with CRISPR, a revolutionary gene-editing technology, presents a beacon of hope for eradicating some of the world’s most devastating illnesses (Nature Biotechnology, 2023). CRISPR allows scientists to precisely manipulate genes, with the potential to cure genetic diseases, rewrite the human immune system, and even halt the aging process (Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022).
Researchers at Stanford University are using AI to develop new CRISPR-based therapies for cancer (Stanford University News, 2023). The AI is being used to identify and target specific cancer cells, and to design CRISPR-based gene edits that can kill these cells without harming healthy cells (Nature Methods, 2022).
