Erik Hoel's 7-Year-Old Warning on AI and the Devaluation of Scholarship Goes Viral
erikphoel · x · 2026-09-25
A resurfaced quote from researcher and writer Erik Hoel, written seven years ago, is being shared as eerily prescient about AI's impact on academia: "Scholarship, like art, is not a game. It is a vocation. And vocations can't continue once human ability has been completely superseded."
The sharer says it captures how they feel about the devaluation of scholarship and the demoralization of scholars in the age of AI, reigniting debate over the value of human research.
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