Ideas Are Now Nearly Worthless; Rigorous Experiments Matter

Researcher cjmaddison observed that as AI makes ideas abundant, the value of ideas has nearly vanished while rigorous experimentation and validation has become far more valuable, a view echoed by references to Herbert Simon.

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