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“What they're saying: "What you're seeing [with AI] is a platform for a new generation of drugs, biologics, life extension, all of which is being built at a rate that is impossible to describe," says Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and the co-author of the new book "The Age of AI."”

Axios Future
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-131dc0fb-c20b-4776-ad7f-b37bbfb3f8a9.html?utmsource=newsletter&utmmedium=email&utmcampaign=newsletteraxiosfutureofwork&stream=future
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“By contrast, Eva collected not only travel history, but also demographic data such as age and sex from the passenger information forms required for entry to Greece. It then matched those characteristics with data from previously tested passengers and used the results to estimate an individual’s risk of infection. COVID-19 tests were targeted to travellers calculated to be at highest risk. The algorithm also issued tests to allow it to fill data gaps, ensuring that it remained up to date as the situation unfolded.”

Greece used AI to curb COVID: what other nations can learn
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02554-y
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