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   Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Nov-2025 06:44:33 JST Clive Thompson

   remember Jukt Micronics?

   lol

   let me introduce you to ...

   ... corningresearch.com

   this is from a fascinating WSJ story (gift link here) about Aidan Toner-Rodgers, an MIT student who published a seemingly groundbreaking paper on AI and productivity -- on data that now seems utterly sketchy https://www.wsj.com/economy/aidan-toner-rodgers-mit-ai-research-78753243?st=1PFwdU&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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     Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Nov-2025 06:49:22 JST Clive Thompson

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     I remember when that research dropped -- I read a Q&A with the student at The Atlantic (https://archive.is/Buttc ... with a warning now appended that the research has been retracted)

     I was *astounded* at how much AI had boosted materials-science research

     too good to be true, as it turns out