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1. phoghed · 1790944096 · focus · HN ↗

   A very high number of Redditors think they know more/better than a Harvard professor and dismiss him out of hand. May someone grant us all a measure of their confidence.

   1. d--b · 1790946428 · focus · HN ↗

      The professor co-wrote 36 papers (40+page each) with Claude on things ranging from clinical trials, to shared authorship between Shakespeare and the Bible, to decyphering the Voynich Manuscript.

      I didn't read the papers, and I am no specialist in any of the fields that guy meddles in, but it really does sound too good to be true. And if not, well, we're entering a new era of humanity right now.

      1. stingraycharles · 1790946717 · focus · HN ↗

         Too good to be true, or an accurate reflection of the unfortunate state of the world right now?

         1. d--b · 1790946866 · focus · HN ↗

            what do you mean?

            1. stingraycharles · 1790977310 · focus · HN ↗

               Well it seems like there’s a group of people that feel empowered by AI, but use it in all the wrong ways.

               I, for one, could not imagine submitting a paper entirely written by Claude, let alone several dozens of them at once.

               1. d--b · 1791056115 · focus · HN ↗

                  aaah, you meant "reflection" in that sense. got it. sorry.

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