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And we bring you the latest titles and tech on show at Gamescom in Germany. Photograph: Malcolm Park/AlamyAI will help find cure for cancer ‘within our lifetimes’, says Arm Holdings chiefRene Haas also claims artificial intelligence could pave way for widespread use of humanoid robots within five years Business live – latest updates The boss of one of the UK’s biggest chip companies has claimed AI will be able to find a cure for cancer “in our lifetime”.
Rene Haas, chief executive of the chip designer Arm Holdings, said that, while modelling how a DNA marker is affected by cancer was currently “too complex” a problem for either humans or technology, computers were “going to solve it” in the future. Haas told the BBC: “AI is going to … find a cure for cancer that today you and I, other humans [could] not in our lifetimes. I believe in our lifetime, AI will help cure cancer.
It is the biggest tech company headquartered in Britain – valued at $269bn (£199bn). skip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotionHaas, who joined Arm in 2013 and became chief executive in 2022, was also recently named chief executive of SoftBank’s international business. The Japanese bank is one of the biggest tech investors in the world, with a stake in ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
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Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Daniel Susskind: ‘We should try to be imaginative. ’ All photographs: Lydia Goldblatt/The GuardianView image in fullscreenDaniel Susskind: ‘We should try to be imaginative. ’ All photographs: Lydia Goldblatt/The GuardianI’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AIA Dr Seuss-style story written in seconds alerted me to the power – and perils – of the technology. Yet reacting to these new technologies by putting barriers up, as many instinctively want to do – banning, admonishing, punishing – just cannot be right.
But at the same time, if we use this technology wisely, what difficult ideas might the next generation now grasp, ones that were beyond us when we were in their shoes? Forget future-proofing skillsA big part of the challenge of AI is that our traditional response to technological disruption in the working world – the idea of “future-proofing” people – no longer works. Skills that were meant to protect kids from technological disruption for their entire lives were largely redundant before they had even left school.
One is that it will be full of technologies that are far more capable than today. View image in fullscreenTeach both, test bothDespite the uncertainty we face, there is still one thing that we do know about the future: it will be full of technologies that are vastly more powerful than today.
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What matters is not so much the amount of screen time, but what is actually on those screens, what we are using this technology to do. View image in fullscreenDaniel Susskind: ‘In the 21st century, the best ideas are likely to come from capable AIs instead of the heads of clever human beings. ’Focus on problems, not the jobI am not surprised that students have been booing tech titans during recent US graduation ceremonies. The most resistant groups I have spoken to over the last 15 years are young professionals: they have spent a big chunk of their life, and sunk huge amounts of money, preparing to be a lawyer or doctor or whatever it might be, and they are understandably furious when they are told, just as they cross the finish line, that the world they were preparing to enter is over.
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Also this week: could AI help to spot wrong-way driving on Ireland's major roads? Presenter: Chris Vallance Producer: Tom Quinn (Image: Silhouettes of mobile phone users are seen next to a screen projection of Instagram's logo. Credit: Reuters)Programme WebsiteShow lessMore episodesCymraegGaeilgeGàidhligBBC Sounds HelpContacts, Privacy and InformationHelp with Signing InNewsletter Skip to main contentSkip to navigation As computers that run AI get more sophisticated they will eventually find a cancer cure, said Arm’s Rene Haas.
“Modelling how a DNA marker is impacted by cancer – it’s too complex a problem, not only for humans today, but the computers that run AI. “However, going forward, as we feed more and more of the models into these computers, and the computers get more sophisticated to run the models, they’re going to solve it. ”Scientists are already using AI-driven tools in cancer research and testing. Earlier this year, the NHS said more than 4 million patients received faster lung diagnosis thanks to funding in AI-powered X-ray tools.
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