Who owns scientific progress under gradual disempowerment?
najoungkim · x · 2026-11-11
Researcher Najoung Kim raises a fresh angle on gradual disempowerment (gd): beyond immediate effects like research quality, her deeper concern is who gets to "own" scientific progress if it happens. @anpaure replies that this is close to the direct definition of the concept, and that research quality is arguably the least worrying thing gd would affect.
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