Skepticism needed amid AI hype in physics

We need to remember our skepticism and be careful about the hype that we’re hearing. Human physics is not over.

interview about AI in physics

Sarah DemersYale University · chair of the physics department

quantamagazine.org · 2026-09-03

“I don’t know of any mundane way to explain it.”

Quantum & frontier physics·Sep 25·quantamagazine.org

“I thought it was a little bit crazy, but I thought it was the least crazy of all the possibilities.”

Quantum & frontier physics·Sep 25·quantamagazine.org

“Arora also explains why quantum computers could threaten today's encryption — and why hackers may already be collecting data to decrypt later.”