26. AI to reduce animal testing

What is the main topic of this episode?

• Animal cloning
• AI replacing doctors
• Using AI to reduce animal testing
• AI in education

Why do some scientists support animal testing?

• It’s faster than AI
• It helps develop vaccines
• It proves products are expensive
• It shows if medicines are safe or dangerous

Why do critics say animal testing is ineffective?

• It's too expensive
• Animals are smarter than we think
• Animals and humans are too different
• It doesn’t follow UK law

What medicine is safe for humans but harmful to animals?

• Antibiotics
• Paracetamol
• Aspirin
• Ibuprofen

Who is Christine Ro?

• An AI engineer
• A science journalist
• A lawmaker
• A pharmaceutical executive

What does 'vice versa' mean in the episode?

• Very quickly
• Back and forth
• The reverse is also true
• For example

What difficult balance is described by 'threading the needle'?

• Programming AI
• Balancing safety and animal welfare
• Legal research
• Lab data entry

What is one strength of AI in this context?

• Designing medicine
• Building robots
• Wading through toxicology data
• Feeding lab animals

What does Christine say about AI's role in chemical safety?

• It’s the full solution
• It helps complete the whole picture
• It’s unnecessary
• It replaces doctors

What does 'on top of that' mean as used in the episode?

• As a side note
• To replace something
• In addition, often negatively
• To summarize