OpenAI exec: AI's defining achievement will be small teams accelerating scientific discovery
shyamalanadkat · x · 2026-10-20
Shyamalanadkat of OpenAI argues AI's true defining achievement could be accelerating scientific discovery itself — small teams could someday develop medicines, materials, and energy technologies that today require entire research organizations. He urges more people to help invent the physical world around them. A notable big-picture take on AI for Science.
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