Hebrew X thread: AI will accelerate science and make human researchers obsolete
ShalitUri · x · 2026-09-03
On X, ShalitUri debates (in Hebrew) AI's impact on research. One side argues humans are 'too dumb and slow for machine science' — our papers take 3-5 years from research, writing, peer review to publication, and AI systems will accelerate the process and make us redundant.
ShalitUri responds by distinguishing instrumental knowledge ('a cure for cancer') from knowledge whose purpose is human understanding — the essence of most humanities and pure math research — suggesting that even if AI is faster, the intrinsic human value of understanding remains irreplaceable.
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