Researcher: Ideas are now nearly worthless, careful experiments matter more than ever
cjmaddison · x · 2026-09-03
Researcher cjmaddison reflects on his career: the value of ideas has collapsed to nearly nothing, while the value of careful experiments has gone way up—a concise take on how AI is reshaping what counts in research.
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