Delip Rao Critiques AI for Science: Success Cases Suffer Survivor Bias
deliprao · x · 2026-08-17
CMU Professor Delip Rao criticized current AI for Science efforts using agents, comparing them to students who ignore detailed advisor guidance to produce meaningless work. He argued that almost all publicized success cases suffer from survivor bias, suggesting that agent applications in scientific research may not be as effective as claimed.
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