In May 2020 I wrote an article for Wired arguing that we should leverage artificial intelligence in order to create vaccines—for example, against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.[34] As it turned out, that is exactly how successful vaccines like Moderna’s were created in record time. The company used a wide range of advanced AI tools to design and optimize mRNA sequences, as well as to speed up the manufacturing and testing process.[35] Thus, within sixty-five days of receiving the virus’s genetic sequence, Moderna dosed the first human subject with its vaccine—and received FDA
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