Lior Pachter
Computational biologist; Bren Professor of Computational Biology at Caltech. Known for RNA-seq and single-cell analysis methods such as kallisto. Writes the Bits of DNA blog on genomics, statistics, research integrity and mathematics.
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The goals of AI companies and the goals of the mathematical community are severely misaligned.
Their wordsThe goals of the AI companies and the goals of the mathematical community are severely misaligned
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The mathematics community does not nurture all of its students and ideas with great care.
Their wordsOf course every mathematician knows that the mathematics community does not nurture with great care all of its students and ideas.
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Their wordsAI companies and mathematicians should instead be asking what both ought to be aligned to: understanding, attribution, intellectual generosity, and the nurturing of students and ideas, and not merely the production or recognition of results.
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The empowerment of the majority with AI accelerants may amplify flawed scientific approaches.
Their wordsThe empowerment of the majority with accelerants may serve to massively amplify flawed approaches, making it much harder for the minority opinion to prevail, even if it is correct.
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Their wordsI don't believe that current publication systems, whether for preprints, conference proceedings, or journals, can withstand the onslaught of work that is already in progress, let alone the amount of material that is to come.
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Their wordsThe Banbury Center was founded as an old boys club. Meetings are invitation only, with invites by the old boys for other old boys.
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- 5 months earlier
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Their wordsIn regards to erroneous proofs of true statements in mathematics, I doubt they are common and disagree with Litt that they constitute a "not insubstantial portion of the literature".
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Their wordsIn other words, most published research results are true and replete with correct proofs and/or evidence of their truth.
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Their wordsHowever, even when published results are wrong, they usually turn out to be useful.
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