Ideas are now nearly worthless while careful experiments soar in value, AI era
cjmaddison · x · 2026-09-03
Researcher cjmaddison reflects that over his career, the value of ideas has collapsed to nearly nothing while the value of careful experiments has risen sharply. curiouswavefn ties this to Herbert Simon's insight that when information is abundant, attention becomes the scarce resource — likewise, as AI churns out ideas, their careful verification becomes scarce and valuable.
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