Rutgers mathematician: AI acknowledgements are a fad — judge all writing as AI-generated
AlexKontorovich · x · 2026-11-08
Rutgers mathematician Alex Kontorovich argues that AI acknowledgements in papers are a fad nobody will bother writing or reading six months from now. Citing Frank Calegari, he says all written work should henceforth be evaluated as if it were entirely AI-generated: does it contribute to the scientific literature or not? For hiring, what matters is whether the person claiming a result deeply understands its subtleties and can communicate them effectively.
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