Part 10/12:
The AI community is experiencing a hype cycle characterized by rapid claims of breakthroughs by multiple players—OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others. In this race to outdo one another, there’s often a rush to publicize impressive results that might not be fully verified or accurately interpreted.
While AI's ability to enhance literature searches is genuinely valuable—saving researchers countless hours—the line between such assistive capabilities and actual scientific breakthroughs can blur easily when hype outpaces verification. This incident underscores why skeptical, cautious evaluation is vital.