AI Reports · Harvard · 2026-10-23 · Blog / commentary
‘The bulk of the benefit and the threat is actually humans’
Isaac Kohane, inaugural chair of Harvard Medical School's Department of Biomedical Informatics, cautions against both doomer and utopian visions of AI, saying 'We have agency here.' He argues that universities have a role in identifying the right AI applications and in shaping ethical frameworks for AI governance. He notes that most AI advances over the last 15 years have come from industry.