AI removes the reading-friction that long protected math from opportunistic scooping, argues jd_pressman
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-18
Replying to a discussion about AI and academic credit, jdpressman argues this exposes a problem academic mathematics always had, papered over by the fact that even understanding someone else's work is hard — opportunists almost never care enough to read the literature and scoop someone. AI removes that previous friction, potentially amplifying scooping in academia.
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