Scientific research is fundamental to advancing civilization and helping people globally to solve the most critical problems, from medicine to materials, from brain science to physics, and much beyond. This is only possible when scientists have access to the best tools of the time to conduct scientific research, including having access to AI-based tools.
World Labs co-founder Fei-Fei Li argues that solving critical global challenges requires giving researchers access to advanced AI tools
She highlighted applications in medicine, physics, and materials science.
Users supported open access to AI tools for global scientific research, saying it accelerates discovery without restrictions from affiliations or safety policies, while others called such limits elitist gatekeeping.
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💯 Accelerating scientific research and access to the best tools are what got us here.
Not sure why some think that they can change our minds about that. They have no evidence of it and expect us to believe in that through pure brute force.
Open science and AI must win!
Scientific research is fundamental to advancing civilization and helping people globally to solve the most critical problems, from medicine to materials, from brain science to physics, and much beyond. This is only possible when scientists have access to the best tools of the time to conduct scientific research, including having access to AI-based tools.

@drfeifei @drfeifei subtly throwing shade at @AnthropicAI was not on my bingo card for today

@drfeifei For sure, research can be done with lower models too but to get the results fast, and to do great research we need frontier models which we already have in our timeline and they should not be gatekept in the name of security measure.

@drfeifei We still need some constraints to technology, that’s humanity, rights, law. Uncontrolled technology advancing could cause disaster.

@drfeifei Imagine if modern cryptography had been built on restricted access.
"Trust us, it's secure. A select group of approved researchers can inspect it...but broad public scrutiny would be too dangerous."
Would that have made the internet safer?

Tool access is half of it. We can already map which immune agents to combine and in what order, since something like STAT3 behaves differently once IL-6 and TGF-beta rise. What we can't do is use them together. The system approves one drug at a time while the biology needs many. The best tools have to come with the freedom to use them at once.

@drfeifei This feels obvious. If scientists are trying to cure diseases and solve real problems, give them the best tools we have. Don’t make them beg for the good version.

@drfeifei This is a very important message!
What is the opportunity cost of so absurdly restricting these models? How many new drugs and vaccines will never be developed? How many cures will we never get?

@drfeifei Well said.
Just as microscopes revolutionized biology and computers transformed data analysis, AI is poised to become a foundational tool for modern scientific discovery.
The key is ensuring equitable and responsible access so innovation benefits everyone.

@drfeifei @ProfBuehlerMIT 💯%

@drfeifei It is also important to have access to a network and resources. Which is difficult when you have no academic affiliation.

@drfeifei 💯

@drfeifei The exciting part isn't AI replacing scientists. It's AI helping scientists spend less time searching for answers and more time discovering them.

@drfeifei Academics should get priority access to the latest technologies to build the next generation of scientists to research and innovate for our future.

@drfeifei You missed important point. Even with access, you are not allowed to compete with Anthropic. Imagine they decide to release a world model tomorrow... you will violate their terms immediately: D.4. must not attempt to (a) access the Services to build a competing product or service

@drfeifei Someone should start a Public Benefit Corp that helps in this area.

@drfeifei 100 percent agreed, and look what Anthropic did.

@drfeifei yup! you are truly great.

@drfeifei Anthropic 正在构建由他们主导的 “知识封建王朝” ,他们掠夺公共知识进行训练,然后用安全的名义把其他人拒之门外、甚至控制各个阶级。

@drfeifei We can understand where this tweet really directed
I completely support you on this cause