Veteran researcher: shallow generalists relying on AI will be replaced
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-10
In reply to a student question, Baym argues you should learn to think deeply about either the algorithms or the biology of a system. Becoming a shallow generalist who leans on AI for the deep details may be fashionable, but it skips building the real value of a PhD — and those people will be outmoded and replaced.
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