Elite Scientists Admit AI Now Does Most of Their Thinking

In brief

• In a private session at the Institute for Advanced Study, physicists and astronomers acknowledged that agentic AI systems are already outperforming humans in coding and analytical reasoning.
• Columbia astrophysicist David Kipping said some scientists have fully integrated AI into their workflows—granting access to emails, files, and calendars—arguing that the competitive advantage now outweighs privacy, ethical, and professional risks.
• The discussion exposed deep anxiety inside elite…