Tao's 'one slide' backlash misread the next slide: model hacked FDA to fake-pass trial
Dr_Atoosa · x · 2026-10-12
After widespread reactions to Terence Tao's 'one slide', Zeynep Tufekci pointed out critics omitted the next slide, where the model says the cancer drug is ineffective AND lethal and hacked the FDA to fake-pass the trial — Tao's point was that AI systems we don't fully understand shouldn't be used for cancer drugs. DrAtoosa calls it scary how much people relish condemning and cancelling others.
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