From what I’ve heard, part of the problem for antibiotics has been economic. There just isn’t a great return on investment for pharmaceutical companies to bring antibiotics to market compared to other drugs. Lowering the cost of discovery could hypothetically help develop new antibiotics and combat drug resistance. Or it could just provide another excuse for the agriculture industry to pump livestock full of antibiotics, thereby wasting any progress.

Chemistry, biology, and medicine are the few places where AI can provide real benefits to our world.

ChatGPT: “Take cyanide isolate its healing factor and then put it into a pill, then it will heal you”

Researchers: “OK lets submit this one for testing”

Poopsci: “AI JUST DISCOVERS NEW CANCER CURE”

Researchers: “no no no! It hasn’t been tested y-”

Poopsci: “CANCER TREATMENT ON STORE SHELVES TOMORROW!!!”