FT Opinion Argues AI Can Learn From Genomics’ Ethics Playbook

Financial Times published an opinion article by Ewan Birney arguing that artificial intelligence can handle its ethical dilemmas by borrowing lessons from genomics: build governance early, keep science grounded, and treat hype as a risk to public trust. The piece draws a line from the Human Genome Project to today’s AI boom, presenting both fields as transformative technologies that moved quickly from research labs into commercial and public-policy debates.