PhD Education in Decline? Scholars Criticize Over-Reliance on LLMs for Paper Mills
kylekabasares · x · 2026-08-22
Andrew Akbashev sparked a debate suggesting scientists are outsourcing thinking due to wrong incentives (funding, paper volume), leading to a decline in PhD education quality. Kyle Kabasares agreed, valuing the deep knowledge and resilience gained pre-LLM era over mere publication metrics.
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