Researcher: vibe-science won't cut it — discipline and rigor matter more than ever
divy93t · x · 2026-09-23
A contrarian take on the vibe-science hype: not everyone can vibe their way through the hardest science problems with advanced models. The author argues that discipline, rigor and persistence on hard problems are where researchers shine — and those skills matter more than ever when using frontier models and verifying results in the real world. Hype riders are flooding every field, and real expertise plus powerful models is exactly how to weed them out.
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