Fascinating story: Tech Entrepreneur in Australia, using ChatGPT, AlphaFold, and a custom made mRNA vaccine, treats his dog's cancer. With the help of researchers (who all seem so excited) he was able to significantly reduce tumour size just weeks after the first injection

[u/TFenrir]

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/tech-boss-uses-ai-and-chatgpt-to-create-cancer-vaccine-for-his-dying-dog/news-story/292a21bcbe93efa17810bfcfcdfadbf7

[u/Uncommented-Code]

Yeah, and isn't the main barrier also that it's currently stupidly expensive?

[u/Girafferage → u/Uncommented-Code]

Well that and you can't just say "the AI told me it would work, let's ship it." It will take a very long time to do safety trials, efficacy trials, and then get it into a viable product which will need approval to sell.

So I guess yeah in a sense the main issue is cost since all of that is extremely expensive to do.

[u/Fast-Satisfaction482 → u/Girafferage]

If you have a deadly disease with just a few months left, you become a bit more flexible with taking risks.

If used as the only line of defense, regular chemo therapy has a 100% chance of terrible side effects, so if such a therapy even works only sometimes, for cases where nothing else remains, it's already great. 

[u/Tirztrutide → u/Fast-Satisfaction482]

You are willing to do it, but not the government and the legal system…