[leetharris]

This is just fear porn from an extremely unqualified person (studied finance, has never worked in biology or any science) that has an "AI startup."

Their startup, which has 2 employees according to LinkedIn, is billed as such:

"Volatile AI researches and innovates in the field of chemical analysis and molecule detection."

A finance guy with absolutely no credentials is writing blog posts telling us how dangerous these nanoplastics are while pitching us his startup that can "detect molecules with AI."

I hate to see this absolute junk on HackerNews.

[lend000]

While I'd agree that the article itself is mediocre, it does list all its sources, which seem perfectly valid. This is just a shallow dismissal and an appeal to authority. It irks me how some people think it's impossible to have enough expertise to contribute to multiple fields without some formal pedigree. That may be true for you, and may even be true for the author of the article, but it's not true as a generalization.

If you're going to shit all over someone's work, at least come up with legitimate reasons.