Stanford professor slams AI×Bio hype: half-baked studies lacking basic controls
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-10-03
Stanford professor Anshul Kundaje calls out a troubling trend in AI × Biology research: big hypey proclamations made from very early, half-baked studies without basic controls. He says academia and industry need to be "5x more rigorous & 100x less hypey."
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