Isaac Kohane on why universities still matter for safe AI progress
zakkohane · x · 2026-10-26
Isaac Kohane, inaugural chair of Harvard Medical School's Department of Biomedical Informatics and founder of the Human Values Project, argues that universities remain relevant to AI progress despite industry dominance: their role lies in identifying the right applications of AI and studying the values embedded in clinical AI. He rejects both doomer and utopian visions — 'the bulk of the benefit and the threat is actually humans… we have agency here' — and discusses AI's ethical challenges in healthcare and education.
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