Security researcher: AI-assisted research has 'given up on insight' entirely
mboehme_ · x · 2026-10-24
Security researcher mboehme argues in a thread with fellow researchers that the AI-assisted research community "has entirely given up on insight." His two core points: if a problem no longer seems fundamental, it never was — truly fundamental problems are technology-independent and, once solved, stay solved, so AI doesn't make them "less" fundamental. And even if AI delivers applications, research without insight is hollow. A notable contribution to the ongoing debate on how AI reshapes research methodology.
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