1. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.
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Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing academic research, raising questions
of who is adopting these tools and under what conditions. Th...
I remember getting briefed at CERN by the American detector science team and they said that most PhDs in high energy physics were employed in finance.
Clippy breaks bad
Worth repeating: most corporate R&D is, "make the widget 4% cheaper than last year."
the briefing was led by Dr. Homer Neal, one of the O.G.'s of science policy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_N...
The Social Science Research Network Has Jumped the Shark
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The nominees:
John Cazale: Godfathers, etc
M. Emmet Walsh: Slapshot, Blade Runner, Raising Arizona, Blood Simple
Harry Dean Stanton: Cool Hand Luke, Alien, Repo Man, Godfather II
Robert Shaw: Jaws, A Man for All Seasons, The Sting, From Russia
Javier Bardem: No Country, Dune I, Dune II, Collateral
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Significant and unwelcome changes to what had been legal academia's major open source scholarly repository and notice system
SCOOP: An internal Microsoft strategy document says that the plan for its just-announced “Scout” personal assistant AI is to “make people addicted” to the tool before rolling out additional functionality, 404 Media has learned.
SCOOP: An internal Microsoft strategy document says that the plan for its just-announced “Scout” personal assistant AI is to “make people addicted” to the tool before rolling out additional functionality, 404 Media has learned.
Planning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features.
Planning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features.
Industry repeatedly says (at least for geo) "teach them broad basics of Earth Sciences and teach them how to communicate effectively and work as a team."
Majority of STEM grads (like ~2/3 to 3/4) also aren't employed in STEM at all.
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Klein remarked that “the federal government plays an incredibly important role in funding foundational basic discovery research.” He added that “today, industry self-funds more basic research than the federal government gives out to all of academia.”
Ok so a twist on the deserted island movie game. This time you can have the filmography of any actor, but ONLY where they aren’t a lead. Supporting roles, bits, and cameos only.
Me? I’m taking Michael Caine, even though it means I don’t get my beloved Muppet Christmas Carol.
