Steven Novella
Academic clinical neurologist at Yale School of Medicine. Host of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast since 2005, co-founder of the Science-Based Medicine blog, and author of the NeuroLogica blog on neuroscience, pseudoscience and critical thinking.
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There is no credible case for near-term or inevitable AI doom.
But I have not seen a credible case from those arguing for near-term or inevitable AI doom.
theness.comSaid 19 Oct 2026This on korrents
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Political meddling in scientific details can lead to catastrophic results.
Historically whenever politicians try to meddle in those details, to "micromanage" what experts should be doing, the results range from bad to catastrophic.
theness.comSaid 24 Sept 2026This on korrents
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There is no credible case for near-term or inevitable AI doom.
But I have not seen a credible case from those arguing for near-term or inevitable AI doom.
About The Author – Steven Novella, MD Said 19 Oct 2026
The risk of AI behavior being unpredictable can be managed and trained out of models.
Further, it seems that this kind of behavior is a manifestation of the training data, and it can often be likewise trained out of the models. So yes, there is a potential risk here, but it appears to be a completely manageable risk.
About The Author – Steven Novella, MD Said 19 Oct 2026
Humans will ultimately manage the risks of AI and reap its benefits.
I think we will ultimately see the same for AI - we will manage the risks and reap the benefits.
About The Author – Steven Novella, MD Said 19 Oct 2026
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Political meddling in scientific details can lead to catastrophic results.
Historically whenever politicians try to meddle in those details, to "micromanage" what experts should be doing, the results range from bad to catastrophic.
About The Author – Steven Novella, MD Said 24 Sept 2026
The hollowing out of scientific research infrastructure is a generational damage.
This is generational damage that is being done, like the kind that was done by Lysenkoism.
About The Author – Steven Novella, MD Said 24 Sept 2026
Trump will likely seek other ways to exert political will on federal funding across all agencies.
But it is also likely that Trump will just seek other ways to exert his political will on any federal funding, across all agencies.
About The Author – Steven Novella, MD Said 24 Sept 2026
The cold reading technique can create an illusion of anomalous information through deception.
It is a mentalism technique, that can produce an incredibly impressive illusion of anomalous information - but it is all a deception.
About The Author – Steven Novella, MD Said 21 Sept 2026
Science is something that people do.
What it does mean is that science is something that people do.
About The Author – Steven Novella, MD Said 14 Sept 2026
The findings of science are constrained by a mind-independent reality.
At the same time, the very nature of science means that the findings of science are constrained by reality.
About The Author – Steven Novella, MD Said 14 Sept 2026
Evolutionary biology cannot be explained by physics alone.
But I think it should be obvious that you cannot explain evolutionary biology with physics alone.
About The Author – Steven Novella, MD Said 14 Sept 2026
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Where they publish
Blog NeuroLogica Blog Near-daily posts on neuroscience, technology, pseudoscience and critical thinking
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Podcast The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Weekly science and skepticism podcast he hosts with a panel
Link verified 24 Oct 2026.
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