Can A.I. Find Cures for Untreatable Diseases—Using Drugs We Already Have? | The New Yorker

Next year, Fajgenbaum plans to publicly release scores for the tens of millions of drug-disease pairs that Every Cure’s A.I. platform has examined. For virtually any disease, researchers, doctors, and patients will be able to visit a website and see much of what his team saw—a prospect that, to me, sounded both empowering and overwhelming. The database is sure to offer useful ideas, but it could also generate floods of inquiries from patients and families about untested remedies.