Model release speed is making academic paper writing feel lopsided
xeophon · x · 2026-07-23
A joking but pointed thread about how rapid model releases are making academic publishing feel lopsided.
- The author says it is a “stupid dance” to keep writing papers while reviewers may soon have access to Opus 5 and GPT-6 to help ghostwrite reviews.
- The implication: paper authors are stuck without the newest models, while reviewers may use them to sharpen oddly specific critiques.
- The exchange frames the current pace of model releases as making academic review and publication feel increasingly out of sync.
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