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AI is breaking the academic sorting machine

Daniel Lemire · 20 Sept 2026 · lemire.me

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  1. The purpose of the academic output is to sort people out for jobs.
  2. If you hold a PhD today, your chance of having a tenure-track or tenured position is about 10% and falling.
  3. I predict that, over time, the focus will move away from "papers as the final output."