Critique of "API Science" Suggests It Corrupts AI Research Focus
tessera_antra · x · 2026-09-01
Researcher tesseraantra criticized the practice of "API science" in AI research, arguing that it leads researchers to focus on meaningless backend affordances like configuration flags rather than the actual properties of language models. The discussion suggests that this approach, often driven by a desire for quick wins, corrupts the field and distracts from understanding the fundamental nature of the models, echoing earlier concerns from linguists during the GPT-3 era.
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