I've been curious about this from the lens of the recent "AI dramatically empowers generalists over specialists" discourse. My take has been the opposite - there is now a lot of alpha in being specialist enough to have contrarian takes that AI cannot produce.

In the age of language models, where the most frequently voiced opinion is readily available at everyone's fingertips, a scientists greatest asset is to cultivate a small but well-informed set of beliefs that yet go against conventional wisdom.

Had a conversation with owl, my favorite online biotech writer!! We discussed: - Why focus on preventing DNA damage? - How do we tackle longevity, generally? What separates slowing aging from approaches like partial reprogramming? - How do you translate cancer

This has felt to me like the place where AI could make the biggest difference in bio in the shortest period of time. Very excited to see this announcement from Retro Biosciences and OpenAI!