Ben Recht • 12/15/2025

Measures as ends

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The article responds to Kevin Baker's essay on AI's role in automating science. It critiques the romanticized view of AI-driven scientific discovery and explores how academic metrics (like h-index) have shifted from being tools for understanding literature to becoming optimization targets, a process known as 'goal displacement'.

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