Derek Thompson

Many thanks to Vinod Balachandran. One thing I'm taking away from this episode is this concept of immunological invisibility. This idea that cancer is so deadly in part because of how it disguises itself from our immune system. And therefore, one job of cancer vaccines is to make cancer's proteins revisible to the immune system, to teach our T cells and our bodies to recognize

Many thanks to Vinod Balachandran. One thing I'm taking away from this episode is this concept of immunological invisibility. This idea that cancer is so deadly in part because of how it disguises itself from our immune system. And therefore, one job of cancer vaccines is to make cancer's proteins revisible to the immune system, to teach our T cells and our bodies to recognize

antigens that they would otherwise be blind to. It's such an interesting challenge to try to solve for, and I'm very excited to do more shows on the frontier of immunotherapy, checkpoint inhibitors, and all the various ways that we're trying to teach our immune systems to be not just human, but superhuman, to see cancers, even where cancers try to be invisible from us. We'll talk to you next week.

antigens that they would otherwise be blind to. It's such an interesting challenge to try to solve for, and I'm very excited to do more shows on the frontier of immunotherapy, checkpoint inhibitors, and all the various ways that we're trying to teach our immune systems to be not just human, but superhuman, to see cancers, even where cancers try to be invisible from us. We'll talk to you next week.

antigens that they would otherwise be blind to. It's such an interesting challenge to try to solve for, and I'm very excited to do more shows on the frontier of immunotherapy, checkpoint inhibitors, and all the various ways that we're trying to teach our immune systems to be not just human, but superhuman, to see cancers, even where cancers try to be invisible from us. We'll talk to you next week.

Today, AI, music, and the future of creativity. In the last few years, several generative AI platforms for music have caught my attention. One of them is Suno, which allows you to request a song by typing in a simple prompt. You specify the style, the lyrics, the mood that you want, and the AI will interpret those inputs and produce a musical composition.

Today, AI, music, and the future of creativity. In the last few years, several generative AI platforms for music have caught my attention. One of them is Suno, which allows you to request a song by typing in a simple prompt. You specify the style, the lyrics, the mood that you want, and the AI will interpret those inputs and produce a musical composition.

Today, AI, music, and the future of creativity. In the last few years, several generative AI platforms for music have caught my attention. One of them is Suno, which allows you to request a song by typing in a simple prompt. You specify the style, the lyrics, the mood that you want, and the AI will interpret those inputs and produce a musical composition.

So let's start with an extremely stupid example. I have several friends from Texas who were distraught by the trade that sent basketball phenom Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, if you're listening along, you're not a basketball fan.

So let's start with an extremely stupid example. I have several friends from Texas who were distraught by the trade that sent basketball phenom Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, if you're listening along, you're not a basketball fan.

So let's start with an extremely stupid example. I have several friends from Texas who were distraught by the trade that sent basketball phenom Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, if you're listening along, you're not a basketball fan.

The only thing to know here is that this was probably the most shocking trade in NBA history, shipping off one of the league's best players at the 11th hour with no warning. So let's say you wanted to console or troll the Luka fan in your life. You might tell the AI to spin up a weepy pop folk song about losing Luka in February to Los Angeles. And within about 30 seconds, You would get this.

The only thing to know here is that this was probably the most shocking trade in NBA history, shipping off one of the league's best players at the 11th hour with no warning. So let's say you wanted to console or troll the Luka fan in your life. You might tell the AI to spin up a weepy pop folk song about losing Luka in February to Los Angeles. And within about 30 seconds, You would get this.

The only thing to know here is that this was probably the most shocking trade in NBA history, shipping off one of the league's best players at the 11th hour with no warning. So let's say you wanted to console or troll the Luka fan in your life. You might tell the AI to spin up a weepy pop folk song about losing Luka in February to Los Angeles. And within about 30 seconds, You would get this.

Now, maybe you're impressed by this. Maybe you're not impressed by it. Or maybe your reaction is, the mood is all wrong. Dallas fans should be screaming angry about the Luka trade. After all, they lost Luka Doncic for a player, Anthony Davis, who is injured so often that his nickname is Street Clothes.

Now, maybe you're impressed by this. Maybe you're not impressed by it. Or maybe your reaction is, the mood is all wrong. Dallas fans should be screaming angry about the Luka trade. After all, they lost Luka Doncic for a player, Anthony Davis, who is injured so often that his nickname is Street Clothes.

Now, maybe you're impressed by this. Maybe you're not impressed by it. Or maybe your reaction is, the mood is all wrong. Dallas fans should be screaming angry about the Luka trade. After all, they lost Luka Doncic for a player, Anthony Davis, who is injured so often that his nickname is Street Clothes.

Well, in that case, you can instruct the AI to try out an angry 1990s-style pop-punk screamo song with some punchy lyrics about losing Luca for Mr. Streetclothes. Ladies and gentlemen, fair warning, the following is extremely not safe for work.

Well, in that case, you can instruct the AI to try out an angry 1990s-style pop-punk screamo song with some punchy lyrics about losing Luca for Mr. Streetclothes. Ladies and gentlemen, fair warning, the following is extremely not safe for work.

Well, in that case, you can instruct the AI to try out an angry 1990s-style pop-punk screamo song with some punchy lyrics about losing Luca for Mr. Streetclothes. Ladies and gentlemen, fair warning, the following is extremely not safe for work.