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AI Boosts Research Careers but Flattens Scientific Discovery

Hacker News Top · 2026-07-12 Cached

An analysis of over 40 million papers finds that AI tools boost individual researchers' productivity and career advancement but narrow the scope of scientific inquiry, leading to less diverse and original discoveries, as published in Nature.

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As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-12 Cached

Research published in Science analyzes 12 million scientists, finding that while capacity for connective novelty increases with age, the ability to produce disruptive innovation declines.

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