Domain experts: in fields they know well, LLMs are useful but overhyped
mariofilhoml · x · 2026-09-14
Quoting a virology expert, mariofilhoml argues that people with deep domain knowledge consistently find LLMs overhyped: AI may help bad actors find lab protocols faster, but it doesn't change procurement timelines, industry safeguards, $100M lab costs, physical limits on experimentation velocity, or fundamental knowledge gaps in virology that require iterative experiments, not just 'smarter' AI.
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