In the AI era, research credit is shared across the field — machines exploit all our ideas at once
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-14
A reflection shared by cryptographer Matthew Green argues that in the AI era, "who gets credit" has changed: the only thing a reader can see is whether you brought new understanding, and remaining credit lies in how you communicate — because "the credit for the research is now shared across the entire field, as the machines exploit all of our ideas at once."
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