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zackmorrislast Saturday at 3:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

I always figured if I wrote a paper, the peer review would be public scrutiny. As in, it would have revolutionary (as opposed to evolutionary) innovations that disrupt the status quo. I don't see how blocking that kind of paper from arXiv helps hacker culture in any way, so I oppose their decision.

They should solve the real problem of obtaining more funding and volunteers so that they can take on the increased volume of submissions. Especially now that AI's here and we can all be 3 times as productive for the same effort.


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tasukilast Saturday at 3:45 PM

That paper wouldn't be blocked. Have you read the thing?

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raddanlast Saturday at 3:54 PM

It’s weird to say that you can be three times more efficient at taking down AI slop now that AI is here, given that the problem is exacerbated by AI in the first place. At least without AI authors were forced to actually write the slop themselves…

This does not seem like a win even if your “fight AI with AI plan works.”