Stanford prof pushes back on 'industry can replace academia' claim
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-10-21
Stanford professor Anshul Kundaje debated on X whether academia is obsolete. He conceded academia is broken and must reinvent itself, but called the claim that industry can simply absorb all academic functions "baseless, evidence-free propaganda." His counterpoint: if it were true, there would be thousands of Elons by now—instead we have tens of thousands of grifting startups and only a few doing valuable work.
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