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MIT asks arXiv to withdraw preprint of paper on AI and scientific discovery

(economics.mit.edu)
284 points carabiner | 11 comments | 16 May 25 15:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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ipsum2 ◴[16 May 25 18:16 UTC] No.44008356[source]▶
MIT's article is quite scant on details. WSJ has more information, but still no specifics: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mit-says-it-no-longer-stands-beh...

> The paper was championed by MIT economists Daron Acemoglu, who won the 2024 economics Nobel, and David Autor. The two said they were approached in January by a computer scientist with experience in materials science who questioned how the technology worked, and how a lab that he wasn’t aware of had experienced gains in innovation. Unable to resolve those concerns, they brought it to the attention of MIT, which began conducting a review.

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timewizard[dead post] ◴[16 May 25 18:59 UTC] No.44008764[source]▶
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1. in9 ◴[16 May 25 19:00 UTC] No.44008774[source]▶
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_Memorial_Prize_l...
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2. throwup238 ◴[16 May 25 19:03 UTC] No.44008790[source]▶
Nobel _Memorial_ Prize in Economic Sciences

That’s not a Nobel Prize.

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3. bee_rider ◴[16 May 25 19:09 UTC] No.44008842[source]▶
If that’s the distinction, it would have been helpful for the original comment to note that they were just sharing some silly trivia instead of making a point.
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4. dooglius ◴[16 May 25 19:20 UTC] No.44008934{3}[source]▶
It's not a silly piece of trivia, it's a completely different thing than what people think of as the "Nobel Prize", which is the set of prizes established by Nobel's will, not an unrelated prize named after him to leech off the prestige associated with his name.
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5. AIPedant ◴[16 May 25 19:37 UTC] No.44009061{4}[source]▶
The reason people correctly view this as silly trivia is that it's hardly an "unrelated prize." The Nobel Foundation administers the Economics prize in the same manner as all the others, and the awards are given at the same ceremony. You are making it sound like it's entirely separate when it's not. I don't think the Nobel Foundation was trying to "leech off the prestige associated with his name."

AFAICT your take exists entirely to delegitimize economics as a science. Very childish and frustrating.

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6. tokai ◴[16 May 25 19:42 UTC] No.44009116{4}[source]▶
The price was created, and is given, by the Nobel Foundation, which was set up by Nobel's will to carry out his last wish. If you go to the official page of the Nobel Prize the Prize in Economic Sciences is listed with the other Nobel Prizes. Its not one of the original Nobel Prizes, but claiming its a completely different thing is not true.
7. belter ◴[16 May 25 19:46 UTC] No.44009144{3}[source]▶
The comment means remember 1974. Cough cough Hayek... cough... Samuelson...
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8. bee_rider ◴[16 May 25 19:50 UTC] No.44009183{4}[source]▶
The way they presented the information, it is a silly bit of trivia. If there wanted to make some sort of argument about prestige or whatever, they could have made it. Dropping hints of some niche rabbit hole issue is not making a good-faith argument.
9. bee_rider ◴[16 May 25 19:52 UTC] No.44009200{4}[source]▶
What are we afraid of summoning Voldemort or something here? Just say whatever you are coughing at, lol.
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10. palmotea ◴[16 May 25 20:04 UTC] No.44009320{5}[source]▶
>> It's not a silly piece of trivia, it's a completely different thing than what people think of as the "Nobel Prize", which is the set of prizes established by Nobel's will, not an unrelated prize named after him to leech off the prestige associated with his name.

> AFAICT your take exists entirely to delegitimize economics as a science. Very childish and frustrating.

You know, real sciences don't need shiny medallions to make them legitimate. I'd say your comment delegitimizes economics more than the GP's.

11. tough ◴[17 May 25 00:00 UTC] No.44010877{5}[source]▶
he was a decade early