In Machines We Trust: Down and Dirty with Covid Genes
Aug 26, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Episode description
What weird bugs did you pick up last time you rode a subway train? A global network of scientists mapping the DNA of urban microbes and using AI to look for patterns pivots to tracking covid-19. Join host Jennifer Strong as she rides along on a subway-swabbing mission and talks to scientists racing to find an existing drug that might treat the disease.
We meet:
Weill Cornell Medicine's Christopher Mason and David Danko
BenevolentAI CEO Baroness Joanna Shields
Credits: This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Tate Ryan-Mosley, Emma Cillekens and Karen Hao with help from Benji Rosen. We’re edited by Michael Reilly and Gideon Lichfield. Our technical director is Jacob Gorski.
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