PhD Veteran: AI Could Compress Five Years of Research Refinement Into a Month or Two
robleclerc · x · 2026-10-12
Reflecting on his masters and PhD, the author notes the end conclusion was often directionally correct from the start, but took years to become credible and legible to others. He argues AI could shortcut much of that refinement, compressing five years into a month or two — with a superior result on the other side.
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