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Northcliff t1_j6h16gu wrote

Reply to comment by RamanaSadhana in How rapidly will ai change the biomedical field? What changes can be expected. by Smellz_Of_Elderberry

There isn’t a single known mechanism by which to cure mental illness. This is extraordinarily speculative

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RamanaSadhana t1_j6j6rrw wrote

Well then we'll find one. Don't be a pessimistic and boring

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Northcliff t1_j6j7w0l wrote

Maybe so, but at this juncture we can’t even theorize that it could be possible

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RamanaSadhana t1_j6j8i6q wrote

Who cares. People though we could never fly then we did, and a few years later were on the moon. Today's science isn't good enough for understanding the brain but we will figure it out rather quickly with more appropriate science probably within the next couple decades.

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Northcliff t1_j6j99rg wrote

If AI could deconstruct consciousness itself in order to achieve this, that is a way bigger hill to climb than solving mental illness, which you don’t seem to appreciate by comparing it to an airplane

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