Stopping progress by stopping technology is the wrong approach. [...] If you don’t make progress technologically, someone else will, and their intent might be considerably less beneficial than yours.
CEO AND FOUNDER, INSITRO ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, STANFORD
Daphne Koller was the Rajeev Motwani Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University (where she is currently an Adjunct Professor) and is one of the founders of Coursera. She is focused on the potential benefits of AI in healthcare and worked as the Chief Computing Officer at Calico, an Alphabet subsidiary researching longevity. She is currently the Founder and CEO of insitro, a biotech startup using machine learning to research and develop new drugs.
MARTIN FORD: You’ve just started a new role as CEO and founder of insitro, a startup company focused on using machine learning for drug discovery. Could you tell me more about that?
DAPHNE KOLLER: We need a new solution in order to continue...