OpenAI's Will DePue sparks backlash claiming third-world AI diffusion barely affects science
willdepue · x · 2026-11-11
OpenAI's Will DePue argued that 'science is not done in the third world' and that AI diffusion there has minimal effect on science, pushing back on a user who noted many top AI researchers come from third-world countries and did their undergrads there. The exchange touches on the contested link between global AI access and scientific progress.
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