DiscoverThe Deadly DoseEp 118 - MegaSyn and the Greater Conversation Around AI in Healthcare
Ep 118 - MegaSyn and the Greater Conversation Around AI in Healthcare

Ep 118 - MegaSyn and the Greater Conversation Around AI in Healthcare

Update: 2023-06-07
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"AI, so hot right now. AI." - Mugatu

In today's episode, Harini and Megan discuss the perceived implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. MegaSyn, an AI drug discovery platform originally invented to develop drugs to combat orphan (rare) diseases, made waves in 2021 when it's creators discovered that a simple change of code would lead MegaSyn to generate thousands of known AND novel toxic molecules (for example, VX). Of course, this raised flags across the international healthcare community and posed the questions: what happens if AI falls into the wrong hands, and how can we prevent this from happening? 

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Ep 118 - MegaSyn and the Greater Conversation Around AI in Healthcare

Ep 118 - MegaSyn and the Greater Conversation Around AI in Healthcare

Harini Bhat & Megan Gesner