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← Demanding that research be done cheaply tends to make it the most expensive kind of research.

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Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under TypeScript TypeScript Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under peer review peer review Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under hiring hiring Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Demanding that research be done cheaply tends to make it the most expensive kind of research. Demanding that research be done cheaplytends to make it the most expensive kindof research. Last stated 5 years ago 3 Jun 2021 GW Gwern — holds since 2021-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: When experiments are cheap, approval chains are the expensive part. — tap to centre the map on it When experiments are cheap, approvalchains are the expensive part. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 EV Elena Verna — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Research needs some compute but it is far from obvious that it needs the largest amount of compute in the world. — tap to centre the map on it Research needs some compute but itis far from obvious that it needsthe largest amount of compute in theworld. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clinical trials cost what they do because they are complex, bureaucratic and reliant on highly skilled labour. — tap to centre the map on it Clinical trials cost what they dobecause they are complex,bureaucratic and reliant on highlyskilled labour. Last stated 3 years ago 23 Dec 2023 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2023-12-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI as good as a top researcher will not be priced like one, because it competes against the other labs rather than against humans. — tap to centre the map on it An AI as good as a top researcherwill not be priced like one, becauseit competes against the other labsrather than against humans. Last stated a year ago 15 Aug 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The demands of peer reviewers push scientists into producing bad research. — tap to centre the map on it The demands of peer reviewers pushscientists into producing badresearch. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Dec 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it A frontier lab should not spend itsresearchers harvesting results outof today's models; the payoff is inbuilding the next one. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it A lab should spend most of itscompute on research rather than onbuilding the next model, becauseresearch is where the tenfold yearlyefficiency gains come from. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not sensitive to thefew thousand dollars a candidate isafraid to ask for, because thefully-loaded cost of employing themdwarfs it. Last stated 15 years ago 23 Jan 2012 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. — tap to centre the map on it “Trust science” is a confusedinstruction: what deserves trust isthe process, not any particularthing it has concluded so far. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Aug 2023 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. — tap to centre the map on it A hotter field with more teamsracing on the same question producesless reliable findings, not more. Last stated 21 years ago 30 Aug 2005 JI John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing. — tap to centre the map on it A hyped effect shrinking to a smallbut real one as the studies improveis a sign that a field is working,not failing. Last stated 4 years ago 11 Oct 2022 SR Stuart Ritchie — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. — tap to centre the map on it Economics journals have made largedatasets and heavy statistics theprice of making any causal claim atall, which has squeezed qualitativeeconomic history out of the field. Last stated 12 months ago 13 Oct 2025 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2025-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fraudulent papers pass peer review routinely, which is direct evidence that peer review does not do the job it is supposed to do. — tap to centre the map on it Fraudulent papers pass peer reviewroutinely, which is direct evidencethat peer review does not do the jobit is supposed to do. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Dec 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: History has a reproducibility problem worse than science’s replication crisis, because hardly anyone ever goes back to the sources to check what a historian claimed they say. — tap to centre the map on it History has a reproducibilityproblem worse than science’sreplication crisis, because hardlyanyone ever goes back to the sourcesto check what a historian claimedthey say. Last stated 3 years ago 29 Aug 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-08-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The most-cited study showing that language design affects software quality rests on misclassified repositories. — tap to centre the map on it The most-cited study showing thatlanguage design affects softwarequality rests on misclassifiedrepositories. Last stated 12 years ago 7 Nov 2014 DL Dan Luu — holds since 2014-11-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A new type of embeddable execution environment will soon emerge for LLMs. — tap to centre the map on it A new type of embeddable executionenvironment will soon emerge forLLMs. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A programming language functions as a lens that shapes how a problem is perceived when solving it. — tap to centre the map on it A programming language functions asa lens that shapes how a problem isperceived when solving it. Last stated 7 years ago 9 Apr 2019 TB Thorsten Ball — holds since 2019-04-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Demanding that research be done cheaply tends to make it the most expensive kind of research. Last stated 3 Jun 2021 · 5 years ago Holds Gwern Read this korrent →