Joshua Gans' three lessons: keep discovery joy, stay self-critical with AI writing
joshgans · x · 2026-09-11
Joshua Gans distills three lessons from his AI research experiment: (1) AI research brings real joy of discovery; (2) be wary of AI writing and push yourself to stay self-critical; (3) research may accelerate, but he expects paper counts to stay roughly the same while quality rises. He notes AI makes it harder to judge your own work.
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