Physicist Lederman: AI-generated papers now beat average journal submissions in philosophy
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-07
Physicist Harvey Lederman argues that coding agents can now mass-produce papers posing unresolved mathematical questions of conceptual importance, and in informal fields like Chinese philosophy, AI-generated papers are considerably stronger than the average journal submission he reviews. He suspects far more heavily AI-generated/inspired philosophy is circulating than people admit, due to stigma, and strongly recommends trying generation around a rough idea yourself.
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