OpenAI president says AI could make death a choice, predicts major medical breakthroughs within 18 months

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WTF?! We're still waiting for AI to cure cancer, not to mention the many other things we were promised it would bring. But OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman is boldly confident that the technology will one day cure all that ails us – to the point that death could even become a choice.

Speaking at WSJ Tech, Brockman said the huge medical advancements we're still waiting for AI to enable will happen in the next year to year and a half.

"Having cures for diseases is something that's become also a trope in this field, but I think that you're gonna see real delivery and real significant strides and impacts on biology, health, and curing of diseases over the next 12 months, 18 months," he said.

"I think that we all suffer,...

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