The Evolution of AI Paper Claims: From Expert Systems to Scaling Laws
zacharylipton · x · 2026-08-02
Zachary Lipton humorously summarized the classic opening claims of AI research papers across different generations:
- Boomers: “We describe a knowledge-based system for…”
- Gen X: “We prove PAC-theoretic bounds…”
- Gen Y: “We present a novel architecture…”
- Gen Z: “We discover a new scaling axis.”
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