LLMs will accelerate science, but academia may stop being knowledge’s main temple
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-07-21
Recent advances in mathematics suggest a widening split between science and academia.
The post argues that LLMs will keep accelerating scientific progress — citing AlphaFold as an early example and noting rapid advances across major STEM fields. In that view, academia will adapt and preserve itself, but it will no longer be the primary institution for producing knowledge.
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