AI scholar: public shaming is risky, but tolerating poor scholarship is worse
thegautamkamath · x · 2026-09-21
AI researcher Gautam Kamath weighs in on an academic paper controversy: while public shaming can be problematic, accepting poor scholarship practices unchallenged is equally harmful. He says he respects the paper's authors and isn't qualified to judge it fully, but trusts Sasho's expertise and notes the prose in question 'does not look good.' He argues the field benefits from more critical scrutiny, even if balancing criticism with respect is genuinely hard.
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