AI could replicate journal submission infrastructure in a day, argues economist
joshgans · x · 2026-08-21
Economist Joshua Gans argues AI can now easily replicate the submission handling and distribution infrastructure of academic journals—he guesses @Afinetheorem could code an alternative in a day, so software isn't the bottleneck.
He proposes letting reviews flow more freely between journals (as three economics associations already do) to economize on reviewing, using AI to route papers to the right outlets, and expanding scholarly associations' role in selecting and monitoring editorial boards—breaking apart the 'physical paper' publication norm into something more modern.
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