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Scientific identity and intellectual autonomy in AI research
The essay’s author shares personal reflections on a growing disconnect between scientific rigor, professional recognition and organizational rewards.
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The author describes changes in AI research culture, an erosion of intellectual autonomy and a disconnect between scientific rigor and what organizations reward. A reader praises the essay and suspects the trends described are much more common in industry than academia. They also suggest many researchers feel similarly and call for AI research to stay intellectually fulfilling.
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