AI Researchers Now Joke About Getting Scooped — By AI, Not Rival Labs

chrisalbon · x · 2026-09-09

chrisalbon jokingly tweeted that he's on the cusp of "research directions that will cure all cancers" and worried that sharing it would let an AI scoop his work — "oh no what have I done." The quip plays on the growing anxiety that AI can now independently produce publishable research, turning "getting scooped by a model" into an AI-community in-joke.

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