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I got fooled by AI-for-science hype—here's what it taught me

understandingai.org · 19 May 2025 · 15 min read

A post on understandingai.org, published 19 May 2025, is cited by 10 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 12 October 2026).

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10blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
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First cited19 May 2025
Latest citation20 Jul 2026
Words blogs link it with5
External links107
Length3,251
New citing blogs a weeksince May 2025
New citing blogs a week, since May 2025: 74 weeks, peak 2 a week, latest week 0

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Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 10 blogs across 2 subjects: technology 6, science 1, unclassified 3.

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • this piece in comparison1 blog
  • ai-for-science hype1 blog
  • here1 blog
  • i got fooled by ai-for-science hype—here’s what it taught me1 blog
  • it’s harder to use ai for science than cherry picked examples from twitter might make you think1 blog

Cited by 10 blogs in 11 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

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Newest citing post
Date
garden.pivic.com1 post
artificial intelligence Read at garden.pivic.com (opens in a new tab)
20 Jul 2026
davidlaprade.github.io1 post
The Best of 2025

linked as “It’s harder to use AI for science than cherry picked examples from twitter might make you think”

Read at davidlaprade.github.io (opens in a new tab)
31 Dec 2025
Andrew Gelman1 post
The fifth anniversary of a viral histogram

linked as “here”

Read at statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu (opens in a new tab)
14 Nov 2025
hpenedones.me1 post
The Future of AI is Physical: Simulation is Key

linked as “this recent article by Nick McGreivy”

Read at hpenedones.me (opens in a new tab)
7 Nov 2025
jasmi.news1 post
42 notes on AI & work

linked as “physics”

Read at jasmi.news (opens in a new tab)
12 Aug 2025
joinreboot.org1 post
By And For Technologists

linked as “AI-for-Science Hype”

Read at joinreboot.org (opens in a new tab)
27 Jul 2025
normaltech.ai1 post
Could AI slow science?

linked as “shock”

Read at normaltech.ai (opens in a new tab)
16 Jul 2025
p.xuv.be1 post
Quoting Nick McGreivy Read at p.xuv.be (opens in a new tab)
16 Jun 2025
andymasley.substack.com2 posts
Reactions to MIT Technology Review's report on AI and the environment

linked as “This piece in comparison”

Read at andymasley.substack.com (opens in a new tab)
21 May 2025
1 other post
Reactions to MIT Technology Review's report on AI and the environment

linked as “This piece in comparison”

Read at andymasley.substack.com (opens in a new tab)
21 May 2025
ianbarber.blog1 post
Scientific discovery and AI

linked as “I got fooled by AI-for-science hype—here’s what it taught me”

Read at ianbarber.blog (opens in a new tab)
19 May 2025

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