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Demis Hassabis's Isomorphic Labs overoptimistic on AI eliminating all disease in 10-15 years

2026-07-22 · 2 company · 4 thematic

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Venki Ramakrishnan shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for ribosome structure work, served as President of the Royal Society (2015-2020), and authored 'Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality'.

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“I actually know Demis quite well and in fact he asked me to be on the advisory board of one of his companies, Isomorphic Labs and I think he's a brilliant guy. However, I would say on this in this case maybe he's being a bit overoptimistic…”

—venki ramakrishnan

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