people · May 21, 2026
Cleo Abram posts full Demis Hassabis interview covering AI drug discovery and governance
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Cleo Abram posted the full Demis Hassabis interview on X on May 20, 2026. In the conversation recorded March 5, 2026 in London, Hassabis discussed AlphaFold solving the 50-year protein folding problem and predicting structures for 200 million proteins. Hassabis described Isomorphic Labs advancing the first AI-designed cancer drugs into human trials in 2026. Hassabis said he would have left AI in the lab longer for more rigorous collaborative development focused on science and medicine first. The interview covered military AI governance with strict constraints on autonomous lethal decisions and received 620 likes and 89 reposts.