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Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 so far

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  1. buran77 · · 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. nico · · focus · HN ↗
      > AI submissions, soon AI reviewers, and shortly after only AI readers

      This is already happening. Write code with an AI agent, agent creates PR, other agents review, coding agent iterates, PR gets merged, and hopefully real humans use the application and provide feedback

      The latter step is also now staring to be replaced by AI (user directs agent to access app, get data, perform actions)

      Similar thing with email

      1. UncleMeat · · focus · HN ↗
        At least code has some sort of validation mechanism. The tests can pass or fail. The prod system can crash or not. There are plenty of limits here that make fully automated code deployment dangerous but it is still meaningfully different from text meant to communicate an idea.
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