How a poker-playing AI could help prevent your next bout of the flu

https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AI-768x424.jpg 768w, https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AI-640x353.jpg 640w, https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AI-106x59.jpg 106w, https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AI-672x371.jpg 672w, https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AI.jpg 1344w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> What if the same strategic ability that allowed a computer algorithm to prevail over the best poker minds in the world tackled how to defeat a virus or a bacterial infection?