Unintended Consequences of AI: Cutting-Edge Research May Turn Closed Again
DocBigBrozer · reddit · 2026-10-25
A Reddit discussion argues AI could undermine academia's open-publishing culture: if breakthroughs in math or physics are harvested into systems that replace the researchers, there's little incentive to share. The author fears bleeding-edge knowledge may become closed again, as it was for most of history.
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