While etiology and pathophysiology of most diseases are still poorly understood, there has never been a better time to fix this: Thore Bürgel (Pheiron) explains how they combine human genetics with multi-modal AI to resolve disease pathology, identify targets, and de-risk translation.

Good metaphors facilitate sure-footed decisions, ill-fitting metaphors can lead us astray. Where common metaphors around artificial intelligence stand on a scale from dangerously deceitful to essentially accurate? And what ‘artificial intelligence’ itself?