Ofcourse, youcan't necessarilypredictfrom a mouseor a dogwhat's goingtohappenin a human. Andtherehavebeen a numberofcaseswheresubstancesthathaveproventobetoxicinanimalshavebeenproventobesafeinhumansandviceversa. Therearealsoofcourseanimalwelfarelimitationstoanimaltesting. Mostpeople, I think, iftheyhadthechoice, wouldwanttheirsubstancestobeusedonasfewanimalsornoanimalsaspossiblewhilestillensuringsafety. Nowthat's been a reallydifficultneedletothread, butAImighthelptomakethatmorepossible.
Christinealsousestheidiomtothreadtheneedle, todescribe a taskwhichrequires a lotofskillandprecision, especiallyoneinvolving a conflict. Yes, medicalanimaltestingmaysavehumanlives, butmanypeopleseeitascruelanddistressingfortheanimal.
Butnowthechallengeofthreadingthatneedlehasgot a littleeasierbecauseofartificialintelligence. Predictinghowlikely a newmedicineistoharmhumansinvolvesanalysingtheresultsofthousandsofexperiments. AndonethingAIisreallygoodatisanalysingmountainsandmountainsofdata. Here's ChristineRoweagainspeakingwithBBCWorld
AIhelpsscientistswadethroughhugeamountsofdata. Ifyouwadethroughsomething, youspend a lotoftimeandeffortdoingsomethingboringordifficult, especiallyreading a lotofinformation.
Ofcourse, thegoodnewsisthatwithAI, testingonanimalscouldonedaystop. Although
もちろん、AIによって動物実験がなくなる日が来るかもしれないというのは朗報だ。しかし
ChristinewarnsthatAIisnotthewholepicture, it's not a completedescriptionofsomethingwhichincludesalltherelevantinformation. Nevertheless, thenewsis a stepforwardforbothanimalwelfareandformodernmedicine.
Thephraseviceversaisusedtoindicatethattheoppositeofwhatyouhavejustsaidisalsotrue. Tothreadtheneedledescribes a taskwhichrequiresextremeskillandprecisiontodosuccessfully. Thewholepicturemeans a completedescriptionofsomethingwhichincludesalltherelevantinformationandopinionsaboutit. Ifyouwadethroughsomething, youspend a lotoftimeandeffortdoingsomethingboringordifficult, especiallyreading a lotofinformation.
vice versaというフレーズは、今言ったことの反対もまた真実であることを示すために使われる。To thread the needleは、針に糸を通すという、非常に高度な技術と正確さが要求される作業を表す。The whole picture は、その物事に関するすべての関連情報や意見を含む、完全な説明を意味する。wade through somethingは、退屈なことや難しいこと、特に多くの情報を読むことに多くの時間と労力を費やすことを表す。