LLMs and foundation models are changing the way drug discovery is done – it’s still early days, but there is no denying it. However, when you talk about it with someone outside the field, they often have no idea what you are talking about. Some people have heard of chatGPT, but only a few have tried it.
For this reason, it is important to do some scientific divulgation and engage in communication with the broader public, because this technology will impact everyone. As we get closer to the holidays, this may be a good conversation topic for family and friends, between singing Christmas Carols and eating food :-).
This is a short presentation I gave this week at the “Salute e’ Donna” conference in my home town, Lanciano (Italy). I’m very thankful to the organizers from Fondazione Abruzzese per le Scienze della Vita ONLUS for inviting me. The slides are in Italian, and a bit of dialect, and they oversimplify a lot of details, but it has been fun to present them and engage with the audience during the seminar.