Delip Rao: AI agents overload PIs' due diligence, pushing labs toward middle management
deliprao · x · 2026-09-16
Delip Rao argues that agents multiplying student output make PIs' due-diligence workload unmanageable and error-prone. One fix — pairing junior students with senior ones — reinvents middle managers, but requires a steady pipeline of students and grant money. It's also why he publishes so few papers.
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