Silicon Valley's obsession with software has created a blind spot, and it might be where the next AI revolution begins, said Reid Hoffman. The LinkedIn cofounder said on an episode of the a16z podcast published Monday that the tech industry's "everything should be done in software" mindset has become a limitation. That belief, which fueled decades of Silicon Valley success, now risks keeping innovators from seeing new opportunities, Hoffman said.
Neural networks are some of the most promising artificial intelligence (AI) models. These systems process data similarly to the human brain, passing information through a complex network of nodes in the same way information goes through layers of neurons. That makes them capable of solving complicated problems in minimal time, which is particularly advantageous in the medical industry. Drug discovery is a vital but challenging process.