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Judd Antin · 7 Nov 2025

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  1. Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they’ve been over-hyped, the fact they’re being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value.
  2. AI tools cannot replace researchers, and the strong mandates to try are misguided. In the hands of non-researchers, AI research tools often do more harm than good.

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