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AI Shifts Academic Research from Computational Complexity Back to New Insights

Published: 2026-07-20 13:07 Source: X: Ethan Mollick (@emollick)

Ethan Mollick believes that if handled properly, AI brings not just chaos to journals but a golden age for exploring new insights with AI. Gita Gopinath observed from the NBER conference that AI has significantly reduced the premium on research relying primarily on computational complexity, and the academic focus is shifting back to "new insights, new mechanisms, new measurements."

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