Chollet resurfaces 5-year-old mocked prediction: every branch of science becomes computer science
fchollet · x · 2026-09-23
François Chollet (creator of Keras) revisited a tweet he posted over 5 years ago, noting it drew enormous pushback at the time but now "looks obvious by the day":
> Within 10-20 years, nearly every branch of science will be, for all intents and purposes, a branch of computer science — computational physics, chemistry, biology, medicine... even archeology. Realistic simulations, big data analysis, and ML everywhere.
A high-profile take on the AI-driven transformation of scientific research, once ridiculed and now edging toward consensus.
Related event: Musk Claims AI Will Surpass Humans in All Domains by 2028(5 posts)→
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