Kundaje: AI researchers keep overhyping and 'will be called out every time'
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-10-20
Stanford professor Anshul Kundaje continued his critique of overhyping in AI and applied AI: scientists in industry and academia should "cut this bullshit" — they will be called out every time. You might fool naive audiences for a while, but you increasingly lose credibility with experts. The post quotes his earlier thread about repeat overhypers losing readers' trust, ironically while claiming to work on interpretability for trust and alignment.
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