Arm CEO says AI could help find a cure for cancer
In the United Kingdom, René Haas, CEO of microchip developer Arm, said that artificial intelligence could help find a cure for cancer during our lifetime. According to him, modern computer models are not yet capable of fully modelling a cell, the human body and the impact of cancer on a DNA marker because of the complexity of this task.
AI in medical research
Haas believes that the capabilities of artificial intelligence systems will grow alongside the development of computers and the availability of more data for models. He said this on the Big Boss Interview podcast, reports MyJoyOnline.
Chris Bakal, a professor at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and CEO of Sentinel4D, stressed that the key issue for medical AI is the data used to train systems. His laboratory uses data from patient samples rather than information from the internet for this purpose. In Bakal's view, precise measurements can cut years off the time needed to develop new treatments.
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Chip shortage and data centres
The head of Arm also said that the rapid spread of artificial intelligence and the construction of data centres are being held back by a shortage of various types of microchips. He pointed to plans to create multi-gigawatt data centres in France and the United States, as well as ideas to place such facilities in space. Haas estimates that new chip manufacturing plants are needed for the further deployment of such infrastructure.
Arm designs central processing units for phones, cars, smartwatches and other devices. Haas claims that the company's energy-efficient technologies are used in half of the world's data centres for AI. He also said that Meta asked Arm to develop the Arm AGI chip, and demand for it exceeded $2 billion after its launch in March.
According to Haas, AI will also contribute to the spread of humanoid robots over the next five years. He expects such systems to be used in manufacturing, cleaning, security, repair and construction within a decade. At the same time, the Arm chief considers estimates of the massive complete replacement of workers by machines to be exaggerated.
