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

(economics.mit.edu)
284 points carabiner | 1 comments | 16 May 25 15:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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ayhanfuat ◴[16 May 25 18:30 UTC] No.44008481[source]▶
> by a former second-year PhD student

Seems pretty serious if they kicked him out.

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dhosek ◴[16 May 25 19:13 UTC] No.44008865[source]▶
I always wonder what happens with these high-profile transgressors. I once created a Google News alert for a high-level Apple employee who went to jail for some criminal act at Apple and never saw any indication of him again. I’m guessing his career in economics is likely over (he’d previously worked at the NY Fed before starting at MIT) and I wonder what he’ll end up doing—will he be able to find some sort of white-color work in the future or will he be condemned to retail or food-service employment.
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1. nonameiguess ◴[16 May 25 19:38 UTC] No.44009071[source]▶
Stephen Glass, the dude who fabricated stories for New Republic back in the late 90s, has attempted at least twice to become an attorney after going to law school. Both New York and California denied his bar applications on the grounds that he failed the standards for moral character. He nonetheless seems to be employed by a law firm, but not as a practicing attorney.