AI has broken science's main evaluation proxy, argues computational biologist
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-09
Computational biologist Ran Blekhman published an expanded version of his PLOS Biology Perspective, "What is biology research for?", updated with recent developments from arXiv and bioRxiv. His core argument: AI has broken our main proxy for evaluating science (publication output), forcing the question of what biological research is actually for and how scientific value should be assessed as AI rapidly enters the field.
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