Jeremy Howard celebrates Rachel Thomas's return to AI after she left to pursue an immunology masters and a second PhD in microbiology. He notes she founded the Center for Applied Data Ethics years before most people recognized AI's transformative impact. Her quoted post explains she is returning to a field she sees as increasingly disliked, while acknowledging much of AI is terrible.
After leaving AI to do a masters in immunology and start a 2nd PhD (in microbiology) I'm beyond thrilled that @math_rachel is returning to her original AI home! 🥳
She founded the Center for Applied Data Ethics *years* before most people realised AI would transform everything.
As the backlash against AI was growing stronger (and as my friends were becoming more fervently anti-AI), I decided to return to an increasingly hated field. Why? I agree there is a lot that is terrible about AI. 1/ https://www.fast.ai/posts/2026-08-18-returning-to-AI/View quoted post on X
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