Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers?
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No. No it can't. Come on, now.
Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? Home Posts Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? No. No it can't. Come on, now. There was another viral essay about AI and academic research this week, “Academics Need to Wake Up on AI.” The thesis of the piece is that much of academia is in denial about how good Claude Code has gotten at producing our main unit of intellectual production: the 6,000-8,000 word journal article. I took a snarky swipe at it on Bluesky, and Miranda Yaver wrote an excellent response piece, “In Defense of Good Writing.” There
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