Published December 15, 2025
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In praise of experts: distinguishing sense from nonsense in the age of AI
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Can chatbots flag bad science? In a sea of polished, plausible noise, expertise matters more than ever.
A personal note: remembering John McDowell
Stepping into big shoes
A century of curated knowledge
The threats on the horizon
The nonsense problem
Can chatbots flag bad science?
Why experts matter more than ever
Signs of hope in a noisy world
Keep doing the work
Postscript: yes, I know experts aren’t perfect
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Funding
- UK Research and Innovation
- Engineering CC-HMA-NLR immune receptors for disease resistance in crops (ERiC) BB/W002221/1
- UK Research and Innovation
- Genome evolution of a pandemic clonal lineage of the wheat blast fungus BB/W008157/1
- UK Research and Innovation
- Mechanisms of pathogen suppression of NLR-mediated immunity BB/V002937/1
- UK Research and Innovation
- BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme: Advancing Plant Health (APH) Partner Grant BB/Y002997/1
- UK Research and Innovation
- Added value and resilience BBS/E/J/000PR9780
- UK Research and Innovation
- PIKOBODIES: Made-to-order plant disease resistance genes using receptor-nanobody fusions EP/Y032187/1
- European Commission
- BLASTOFF - Retooling plant immunity for resistance to blast fungi 743165