Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 (so far)

(stat.columbia.edu)

34 points | by zaik 45 minutes ago

6 comments

  • throwaway63467 0 minutes ago
    I tried writing a simple 20 page paper with the latest Claude model over several weeks and that thing got ripped apart by legal and data science (for good reason), not going to try that again. And there I had all the numbers and analyses down and verified, just the writing itself by Claude was subpar.

    Can’t imagine the utter garbage that Claude will produce when you give it a simple prompt and let it write thousand of pages.

    Kind of makes me wonder about all that AGI talk if these models can’t even the work of a good PhD or postdoctoral student.

  • prometheus1992 11 minutes ago
    Writing is a technology that served us well for over 5000 years, but now times are a changing. Written media will cease to provide any value in the next decade i think. In person chats/Public speaking will be revered again.
    • runarberg 2 minutes ago
      I think that is science fiction with no basis in reality. This prediction is not much better the the prediction we will all be riding flying cars and hyperloops in the next decade, and that Bitcoin will be the currency of choice for most monetary transaction in the next decade.

      All three prediction are wrong, and in fact they are so wrong they are not even worth entertaining.

    • rayiner 3 minutes ago
      [delayed]
  • tobias2014 3 minutes ago
    Why would someone ruin their academic credentials and reputation (at a reputable university) like this? Maybe there was nothing to begin with? Otherwise I can't understand this.
    • lstodd 0 minutes ago
      Maybe to expose the utter uselessness of "papers".
  • buran77 14 minutes ago
    > “An Interdisciplinary Synthesis Across Economics, Psychology, Biology, Philosophy, Game Theory, and Spiritual Tradition.”

    If one were inclined, they could shorten the title to "AI Synthesis Across Economics, Psychology, Biology, Philosophy, Game Theory, and Spiritual Tradition." Maybe that's an Easter egg.

    AI submissions, soon AI reviewers, and shortly after only AI readers.

    The guy's name is "nosloP" spelled backwards. Maybe spelled normally it's supposed to signify the opposite.

  • coderintherye 16 minutes ago
    If AI submissions, then why not go a step further and have AI reviewers?

    Perhaps this will help bring more scrutiny to the metric of publishing quantity not being as valuable as it has been treated.

    • canjobear 14 minutes ago
      In practice this already happens, unfortunately.
  • 12948717 14 minutes ago
    "Pols" backwards is "Slop".
    • _joel 13 minutes ago
      Polson - NoSlop

      it was right in front of you :)

    • zero_shift 9 minutes ago
      Nicolas Polson?

      Sin: A Slop Colon!