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Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 so far

152 points · 110 comments · zaik

buran77 · 1790711232 · focus · HN ↗
> “An Interdisciplinary Synthesis Across Economics, Psychology, Biology, Philosophy, Game Theory, and Spiritual Tradition.”
If one were inclined, they could shorten the title to "AI Synthesis Across Economics, Psychology, Biology, Philosophy, Game Theory, and Spiritual Tradition." Maybe that's an Easter egg.
AI submissions, soon AI reviewers, and shortly after only AI readers.
The guy's name is "nosloP" spelled backwards. Maybe spelled normally it's supposed to signify the opposite.
1. EA-3167 · 1790713562 · focus · HN ↗
  <a href="https://www.pangram.com/history/51744f24-1896-4d5c-8bfc-786c86533169?ucc=I4Fo2JL9GdU" rel="nofollow">https://www.pangram.com/history/51744f24-1896-4d5c-8bfc-786c...
  It isn't even partially human written, it's just an LLM's output.
  1. ofjcihen · 1790716888 · focus · HN ↗
    As much as I’m confident this reasercher is just a skinsuit for a slop machine I don’t exactly trust pangram. I’ve apparently been flagged for possible AI slop comments based on Pangram results before.
    Oddly it seems to have happened on longer posts? Don’t know if that may play a part.
    EA-3167 · 1790717642 · focus · HN ↗
    It certainly isn’t perfect, especially when it gives a probability below 100%z .

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