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fritzoids (@fritzoids) · 11/2022 · Tröts: 35.948 · Folger: 531
Sa 17.05.2025 11:07
This article appeared in the May 17, 2025, print edition as 'MIT Won’t Back Up Student’s AI Research'.
tl;dr: economics student writes paper saying AI helped a materials lab find many new materials – a result that suggested that, in certain settings, AI could substantially improve worker productivity; but it might all not be true at all.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mit-says-it-no-longer-stands-behind-students-ai-research-paper-11434092
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The paper was championed by MIT economists Daron Acemoglu, who won the 2024 economics Nobel, and David Autor. [begin highlight by me] The two said they were approached in January by a computer scientist with experience in materials science who questioned how the technology worked, and how a lab that he wasn’t aware of had experienced gains in innovation. [end highlight] Unable to resolve those concerns, they brought it to the attention of MIT, which began conducting a review.](https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/522/356/642/509/905/small/c91c2dbe56198f1f.png "screenshot of a paragraph in the article linked in the post. It reads:
The paper was championed by MIT economists Daron Acemoglu, who won the 2024 economics Nobel, and David Autor. [begin highlight by me] The two said they were approached in January by a computer scientist with experience in materials science who questioned how the technology worked, and how a lab that he wasn’t aware of had experienced gains in innovation. [end highlight] Unable to resolve those concerns, they brought it to the attention of MIT, which began conducting a review.")
screenshot of a paragraph in the article linked in the post. It reads: The paper was championed by MIT economists Daron Acemoglu, who won the 2024 economics Nobel, and David Autor. [begin highlight by me] The two said they were approached in January by a computer scientist with experience in materials science who questioned how the technology worked, and how a lab that he wasn’t aware of had experienced gains in innovation. [end highlight] Unable to resolve those concerns, they brought it to the attention of MIT, which began conducting a review.
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