Jeffrey Lee Funk

Jeffrey Funk is a retired professor and author of more than 50 research articles and five books. He is currently completing a book titled "Big Promises, Small Results: How Rising Hype and Misleading Narratives are Hiding Startup Losses and Slow Progress in New Science and Technology."

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Our misplaced faith in AI is turning the internet into a cesspool of misinformation and spam

Jeffrey Lee Funk, Gary N. Smith

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Don’t believe the hype: why ChatGPT is not the “holy grail” of AI research

Jeffrey Lee Funk, Gary N. Smith

AI chatbots are having their “tulip mania” moment

Jeffrey Lee Funk, Gary N. Smith

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AI chatbots learned to write before they could learn to think

Jeffrey Lee Funk, Gary N. Smith

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No, AI probably won’t revolutionize drug development

Jeffrey Lee Funk, Gary N. Smith

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Why “stealth research” is the bane of scientific inquiry

Jeffrey Lee Funk, Gary N. Smith