Joanna Shields: Human & AI United to Forge New Frontiers in Drug Discovery | WIRED Health 2021

In this session from WIRED Health 2021, Joanna Shield, CEO of BenevolentAI explores how researchers are using artificial intelligence to pioneer new methods in drug discovery to treat diseases that are currently incurable or have no therapeutics.

“We must prepare for the next global health emergency now, and use this opportunity to develop advanced technologies to prevent disease, discover new treatments, and protect human health at scale. “

Joanna Shields is the Chief Executive Officer of BenevolentAI, a world leader in the development and application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to understand the underlying causes of disease, accelerate drug discovery and develop new and more effective medicines.

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