Anthropic CEO says AI will help wipe out cancer, Alzheimer's and heart disease in 10 years

Anthropic's chief executive says AI could eliminate cancer, Alzheimer's and heart disease within 10 years. The prediction places artificial intelligence at the heart of major medical advances.Anthropic CEO says AI could wipe out major diseases within 10 years (Photo- Reuters)New Delhi,Nov 11, 2026 20:05 ISTAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes artificial intelligence could help humanity overcome some of its biggest medical challenges, including cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and mental illness, within the next decade. He says rapid advances in AI could bring medical breakthroughs that have remained out of reach for generations.Speaking during Anthropic's IPO roadshow, in a conversation spotted by Fireside Alpha, Amodei said these diseases could become "relics of the past" in less than 10 years. He also described a future in which AI could help solve problems that humanity has struggled with for centuries.“You know, if today we look at things like cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, mental illness, these will be relics of the past in, I think, less than a decade,” he said.Amodei believes AI could usher in what he calls an "age of miracles", provided companies developing the technology take its risks seriously. He said the benefits of AI will depend not just on how powerful these systems become, but also on whether the companies behind them can earn public trust. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei reveals he holds “Dario Vision Quest” talks every two weeks where nothing he says is an actual decision and he is totally honest with the company “An example I will give is every two weeks, I get up in front of the company and I speak for an hour about what is happening inside the company, what is happening in the AI field, what is happening in the world, how the company thinks strategically." "The two ironclad rules of these events. I call them DVQs, Dario Vision Quest. That was not my name. I initially resisted the name because it makes it sound like I’m going off and smoking peyote, but everyone kept calling them that. The name stuck, and so now I’m stuck with it." "The two rules of DVQs are that, one, nothing I say is an actual decision. That allows me to just speak freely, you know, without worrying that if I, you know, if I briefly mentioned doing X, that 20 people will go off and do X, it’s like the CEO said it, we’re going to do X. And then the second is that I’m just, I’m totally honest with the company. It’s a conversation of trust. It’s a relationship of trust.”— Fireside Alpha (@firesidealpha) October 27, 2026 "I think if we do this right, we can create an age of miracles where humanity is able to solve problems that have eluded us for millennia," he said.Amodei says AI companies must get the risks rightWhile making ambitious predictions about AI's potential, the Anthropic CEO also stressed the need to address the dangers associated with the technology. According to him, companies must carefully manage the risks while working towards delivering AI's benefits and building sustainable businesses. "And I believe that the company which gets the risks right will also be the company that has the license to operate that society trusts and society believes can build the benefits in the right way," Amodei said. He added that AI developers need to address the different ways the technology could go wrong while continuing to build useful products and viable businesses.His comments come as AI companies compete to develop increasingly capable systems and expand their use across industries. Healthcare is among the areas where AI could have a major impact, particularly in medical research, disease detection and the development of treatments. However, Amodei's prediction about major diseases becoming a thing of the past within a decade remains an ambitious expectation rather than an established medical outcome.- Ends