What Happens When AI Transforms a Specialized Field Overnight?
Before AI came for your job, it came for the biologists’. But the AlphaFold story offers a promising glimpse of the future of human–AI collaboration.
Researchers: Ryan Hill and Carolyn Stein
May 1, 2026
When Experts Pivot, They Pay a Price
“It’s not like we can’t enter a new area and hit a home run, but there’s just a far, far lower chance of that happening.”
Researchers: Ryan Hill, Dashun Wang, Benjamin F. Jones and and coauthors
May 28, 2025
Scientists Don’t Want to Get Scooped—and It’s Hurting Science
Researchers are rewarded for being the first to discover and publish new findings. But the incentives can come at a cost.
Researchers: Ryan Hill and Carolyn Stein
January 1, 2025
Take 5: What We’ve Learned about Tackling Public-Health Crises
Covid-era research sheds light on how policymakers can guide the economy and the public through future emergencies.
Researchers: Scott R. Baker, Efraim Benmelech, Paola Sapienza, Angela Y. Lee, Benjamin F. Jones, Ryan Hill, Dashun Wang and and coauthors
January 21, 2023
