Mathematician littmath: Fields Hooked on Paper Output Will Break Once AI Automates Publishing
littmath · x · 2026-09-03
In a discussion about academic publishing pressure, researcher littmath argues that pure math is (mostly) different, but fields where researchers must churn out papers to survive job competition are pathological — and very likely to break once producing papers gets automated.
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