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The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science
Eamon Duede, Kevin Gross, M. J. Crockett +1
As a labor-augmenting technology, large language models (LLMs) have the potential to accelerate scientific activity across the research pipeline. But even if LLMs perform on par wi…
Rationalizing risk aversion in science
Kevin Gross, Carl T. Bergstrom
Scientific research requires taking risks, as the most cautious approaches are unlikely to lead to the most rapid progress. Yet much funded scientific research plays it safe and fu…
Challenges in cybersecurity: Lessons from biological defense systems
Edward Schrom, Ann Kinzig, Stephanie Forrest +18
We explore the commonalities between methods for assuring the security of computer systems (cybersecurity) and the mechanisms that have evolved through natural selection to protect…
Why ex post peer review encourages high-risk research while ex ante review discourages it
Kevin Gross, Carl T. Bergstrom
Peer review is an integral component of contemporary science. While peer review focuses attention on promising and interesting science, it also encourages scientists to pursue some…
Gender-based homophily in collaborations across a heterogeneous scholarly landscape
Y. Samuel Wang, Carole J. Lee, Jevin D. West +2
In this article, we investigate the role of gender in collaboration patterns by analyzing gender-based homophily -- the tendency for researchers to co-author with individuals of th…
Why scatter plots suggest causality, and what we can do about it
Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West
Scatter plots carry an implicit if subtle message about causality. Whether we look at functions of one variable in pure mathematics, plots of experimental measurements as a functio…