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

(economics.mit.edu)
292 points carabiner | 2 comments | 16 May 25 15:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.411s | source
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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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colechristensen ◴[16 May 25 19:15 UTC] No.44008886[source]▶
This is inaccurate pedantry. It is commonly referred to as the nobel prize in economics and administered by the same foundation, the funding for it is a gift to the foundation from the Swedish central bank instead of being sourced from Nobel's estate.
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Keyframe ◴[16 May 25 19:21 UTC] No.44008941[source]▶
yeah, but also "Nobel accuses the awarding institution of misusing his family's name, and states that no member of the Nobel family has ever had the intention of establishing a prize in economics." It's hijacking of the brand.
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1. Rastonbury ◴[16 May 25 19:55 UTC] No.44009226[source]▶
It's pendantry, he won a prize and the great grand nephew says they shouldn't call it a Nobel prize. It's a waste of time to discuss what the prize should be called rather whether the award is worthy of being the best economics research/breakthrough that year. I don't know the answer to that but I don't really care about the nomenclature
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2. timewizard ◴[16 May 25 20:21 UTC] No.44009479[source]▶
> of being the best economics research/breakthrough that year.

So the idea that it should be a "peace prize" or contribute to the world as a whole is entirely lost in this definition. Which is why I find the Sveriges Riksbank memorial prize so unctuous.