Stanford's Kundaje: physical experiments, not compute, will rate-limit AI science
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-15
Replying to Dwarkesh Patel, Stanford genomics professor Anshul Kundaje argues that AI (with or without humans) would have to invent new physical devices capable of new kinds of measurements at new scales to make scientific breakthroughs. This can't be dreamt up in a data center—it requires trial and error in the physical world, making it a major rate limiter for AI-driven science.
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