Cancer PhD: AI disruption is worse than hype suggests, pandemic-level chaos by 2028
kevinnbass · x · 2026-08-27
A PhD cancer researcher opens by mocking the slopbrained AI discourse — constant fearmongering and hype from tech CEOs — then delivers his own verdict: despite the hype, it's worse than you can imagine, and it's coming really soon.
Key points:
- Cybersecurity: elite-level hacking is now democratized — "the best hackers in the world are now in your computer. Not in three months. Now."
- Science: AI won't magically cure cancer (you still need experiments), but at vanguard startups the best AI systems already rival elite scientists; add robotics and you get huge automated labs run by a few elite scientists, just years away.
- Timeline: extreme disruption begins next year; pandemic-level chaos by 2028. AI is already better than humans at most things, just rough around the edges — but it will soon be "smooth as butter."
- Conclusion: a revolution bigger than fire; society is not ready and cannot get ready. "We are cooked."
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