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Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 so far

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hangrybear666 · 1790714236 · focus · HN ↗
Vadim Sokolov, the co-author of the paper mentioned in the post defends this insane practice and says they reviewed at least one of the 258 generated papers with their own eyes, they are thus not fake papers.
Source: <a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/27/258/#comment-2418285" rel="nofollow">https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/27/258/#comme...
1. lovich · 1790715577 · focus · HN ↗
  This is similar to when Elon claims to be running what, 4-5 different companies as a ceo, and taking care of his children, and sleeping 6 hours a day, and then we observe him shitposting on Twitter constantly or showing off his gaming skills in a game that is literally a time gated grindfest.
  You add up all the claimed activities and then realize it’s more hours than are in a day so someone’s lying.
  I don’t see how this author can claim that these papers didn’t “…suddenly materialize from a magical “chatbot” in 2026” when it’s obvious that 1-2 people are not producing 258 papers that are tens of pages each in 9 months with any sort of academic rigor.
  1. stymaar · 1790718073 · focus · HN ↗
    > showing off his gaming skills in a game that is literally a time gated grindfest.
    What was even more hilarious was the fact that he had visibly no idea of what the game was even about (he was bragging about item level instead of stat and dismissing the best item of his gear because it was lower iLevel than the rest).
  2. mlmonkey · 1790718955 · focus · HN ↗
    Question is: what was Polson's typical output rate before ChatGPT appeared?

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