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The maps and colors of my geology work were blurring together in my mind, and it was time for a break. I opened my email and saw the long-awaited result of my application to the 2025 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program: honorable mention. When I checked the awardee list, I noticed an overwhelming trend: computer science, quantum physics, machine learning. Even the few natural science proposals awarded funding seemed more focused on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) than on the actual research question. At first, the tilt toward AI felt like a betrayal, as if the fundamental science was no longer “good enough.” But I have since come to see it as an opportunity. …
摘自《科学》(Science)第393卷 第6809期 · 2026年7月23日,Isaac Pope。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。