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Academic Proof-of-Work in the Age of LLMs — LessWrong

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Written quickly as part of the Inkhaven Residency. • Related: Bureaucracy as active ingredient, pain as active ingredient …

x Academic Proof-of-Work in the Age of LLMs — LessWrong AI World Modeling Frontpage 91 Academic Proof-of-Work in the Age of LLMs by LawrenceC 5th Apr 2026 3 min read 8 91 Written quickly as part of the Inkhaven Residency . Related: Bureaucracy as active ingredient , pain as active ingredient A widely known secret in academia is that many of the formalities serve in large part proof of work . That is, the reason expensive procedures exist is that some way of filtering must exist, and the amount of effort invested can often be a good proxy for the quality of the work. Specifically, the pool of r

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