{"id":19188,"date":"2025-01-25T01:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=19188"},"modified":"2025-01-25T01:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:53:56","slug":"what-about-the-productivity-and-usefulness-of-the-whole-academic-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/?p=19188","title":{"rendered":"What about the productivity and usefulness of the whole academic sector?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was just talking with OpenAI ChatGPT about the productivity and usefulness of the whole academic sector and much of the “education” sector. I would say all “long horizon search” is not “re”-search now, but exploring and creating completely new fields overnight that classrooms and higher education factories simply cannot convey or enable. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Modern AI and open sharing have reduced the old inefficiencies of knowledge creation that once justified heavy government or academic monopolies.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Private firms now see clearer paths to profit from R&D, cutting into the argument that only public funding can handle such \u201cpublic goods.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Academic publishers and institutions can no longer rely on exclusive gatekeeping; today, anyone with internet access can publish and share widely at minimal cost.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Although some fundamental or long-horizon research may still need public support, the line between private vs. public provision of knowledge is blurring, and higher education must adapt to remain relevant.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was just talking with OpenAI ChatGPT about the productivity and usefulness of the whole academic sector and much of the “education” sector. I would say all “long horizon search” is not “re”-search now, but exploring and creating completely new fields overnight that classrooms and higher education factories simply cannot convey or enable. \u00a0 It
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