Critique on AI Amidst Academic Collapse: Luck or Curse?
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-08-20
This post challenges the sentiment that we are "lucky" AI is arriving just as academia is collapsing. The author argues it might be a curse, suggesting AI could inherit the same flaws as the academic establishment—such as dogmatism or pseudo-science—but become far more devious, talented, and relentless in applying them. The context cites a Harvard social sciences PhD student's reflection on what was once labeled pseudoscience now being one of the most replicable findings.
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