AI in research splits academia into gatekeepers, AI cultists, and a third tribe
ipeirotis · x · 2026-09-20
- The author observes three tribes emerging around AI use in research: 'gatekeepers' (the Pangram camp) who care about provenance and want AI banned, discouraged, or disclosed, and 'AI cultists' who care only about results.
- His follow-up: gatekeepers will claim the emergent third way was their intent all along and dismiss explanations via AI detectors, while cultists will argue AI explanations are as good as any human's.
- Captures the ongoing academic fight over AI boundaries and detection tooling.
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