AI researcher: academia's glam-paper obsession dies the day admissions stop rewarding it
sokrypton · x · 2026-09-20
Responding to @anshulkundaj's call for academia to adapt urgently, sokrypton argues for a simple fix: the moment gatekeepers at admissions (undergrad through faculty and promotion) stop checking for glam papers, glam papers become irrelevant. The exchange is part of a wider debate on how academic incentive structures should react to the AI wave.
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