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AI is becoming capable of synthesizing knowledge, one of the core functions megapapers serve.
Their wordsAI is increasingly adept at directly achieving some goals that megapapers help to achieve, such as synthesizing knowledge.
Their wordsBut they can't do everything that megapapers do, such as conveying intellectual heft and legitimacy, and they are not yet a replacement for real, diverse experts.
Their wordsI think that changing societal outcome requires changing minds, and the "heft" that comes from many authors with different backgrounds endorsing a certain set of conclusions is hard to replicate with a link to a shared ChatGPT chat.