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Richard She

@Richard_She
Asst Prof at NTU Singapore Former Postdoc of the Month at the Whitehead Institute. wi.mit.edu/news/meet-whit…
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Joined November 2011
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    Richard She
    @Richard_She
    Jun 18, 2025
    I'm excited to share that I will be starting my lab at NTU Singapore. It is bittersweet to be moving halfway around the world. On one hand, I'm excited for a new adventure. I have spent my entire adult life chasing this dream, and it's finally happening. On the other hand, I
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    Richard She
    @Richard_She
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    Does no one remember that Zuck launched Silicon Valley's first "cure all diseases initiative" almost 10 years ago back in 2016? chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/can-w… This was a year after they donated $75M for the naming rights to SF General Hospital. And then, in the aftermath of the 2016
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    Joe Weisenthal
    @TheStalwart
    16h
    I’m surprised people think that an AI-derived medicine would change the public perception of the industry. People don’t even like pharmaceutical companies who do nothing but produce medicine!
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    Richard She
    @Richard_She
    8h
    It would be hard to claim either of these as a win for AI - solving problems that are neglected by humans is an EA pitch, not an AI capabilities demonstration. For vaccines how does AI really help us design a better antigen/adjuvant when a virus like common cold has intractable
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    Andrew Ho
    @andrewho03
    9h
    I spent a lot of time at OpenAI thinking about how to address human disease with AI. If I wanted to maximize the chances of curing one disease within 5 years, what would be my strategy? Ideally, we'd focus on ailments with the following properties: - Underfunded: AI companies
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    Richard She
    @Richard_She
    Aug 16
    I am somewhat horrified to report that the dominant social media platform for academics is no longer Bluesky, it is LinkedIn
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    Richard She
    @Richard_She
    Aug 16
    “I think it will actually be possible to cure most human disease in ~5-10 years, as crazy as it may sound to ordinary people and frankly to biologists as well (I used to be one!)” Dario was a mass spec guy. Talk about a technology that DID NOT live up to its promise haha
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    Dario Amodei
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    Aug 15
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    2/2 Second, on the messaging around AI.  I do not agree that my messaging has been disproportionately negative.  In fact it has been about equally balanced between risks and benefits: I’ve written one major essay about each, and even in interviews where I discuss the risks, I