Reid Hoffman Thinks Doctors Should Ask AI for a Second Opinion

The LinkedIn cofounder now has an AI drug discovery startup--and thinks not asking chatbots for medical advice is "bordering on committing malpractice." Following a three-decade career at the helm of some of Silicon Valley's most powerful companies--cofounding LinkedIn and sitting on the boards of PayPal and OpenAI-- Reid Hoffman recently turned his attention to health care. Hoffman's startup, Manas AI, is building an AI engine that aims to fast-track the traditionally slow process of drug discovery for various cancers. Inspired by a dinner with renowned cancer physician Siddhartha Mukherjee, the company's cofounder and CEO, its mission statement is to "shift drug discovery from a decade-long process to one that takes a few years." But Hoffman's enthusiasm for generative AI, in particular, stretches far beyond novel drug targets and small molecules.