Oct 6, 2026, 5:41 PMStill thinking about the speaker who told us yesterday that Merck would outsource regulatory compliance to AI agents so they could focus on their core competence of making drugs.
- Oct 6, 2026, 5:41 PM
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- Oct 6, 2026, 5:43 PM
Aside, there have been like four talks with obviously AI-generated slides so far, and I strongly feel that if you are going to present slop to an audience you should at least read the slides the AI gave you to make sure they make sense.
Oct 6, 2026, 6:04 PM@aphyr I fear they have misjudged what Merck’s core competence is
Oct 7, 2026, 3:59 AM
Javierjerojasro@col.socialOct 6, 2026, 6:36 PM@aphyr the pharma version of the bro that confuses code (API) with properly engineered software product (drug) 🤦♀️
Benjamin Parsonspeaceprone@mastodon.nzOct 6, 2026, 7:46 PM@aphyr compliance is just a legal threat. Robots don't care about the law because it doesn't relate or effect them. AI will purposely bankrupt a company for fun.
Lord Honeybeansocalgecko@woof.groupOct 6, 2026, 7:58 PM@aphyr oh this should be tremendous
Oct 6, 2026, 11:13 PM@aphyr I thought their core competence is profiting.