Back-of-envelope: 30K AI PhD students produce ~30K papers a year, one each
SoloGen · x · 2026-09-23
- SoloGen estimates: with 30K AI/ML PhD students and 50% of AI research involving a PhD student, a 5K new-papers/month rate implies 30K papers/year from students — roughly one per student.
- He notes most students, especially early in their PhD, publish far less than 4 four-author papers a year.
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