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Benjamin Pope
@benjaminpope.bsky.social

I thought we would have at least a few years to think about arxiv.org/abs/2602.10181 and since the most recent LLM advances I think we have ~ this year to figure it out. We need to prioritise a good scientific culture and proper education & career development and every incentive goes the other way

Clément Canonne
@ccanonne.github.io

I looked into it, and I hope the "Meta" version is a good platform for this. If it doesn't pan out and the post gets closed, I'll have to reassess where to do it... cstheory.meta.stackexchange.com/q/3130/13319

cstheory.meta.stackexchange.comTCS values and goals: "what do we stand for, what do we do, and why?"Following this blog post [of mine] on the current rapid change in norms and processes our community has to contend with (due to AI-generated proofs, and all that comes with it), I would like to sta...
lemerle-moqueur.bsky.social
@lemerle-moqueur.bsky.social

Thanks for putting this up, we're in real need of collective thinking and discussions! Re. AI, but that's not the only crisis we're facing, I guess far-right and climate change will also hit us dramatically, it'd be good to anticipate (although we could have anticipated climate change a bit better)

Andrew Cullen
@adrcullen.bsky.social

Thanks for writing this Clement - fully agree on there being a desperate need to work out what values are. On 2 though, I'm a cynic - the field has not been great at working in it how to set the foundations for sustainable careers. Stable profs have no need to understand the job market,

Andrew Cullen
@adrcullen.bsky.social

And have no idea what is out there, or how to guide their juniors. There's always the carrot dangled of an academic job, or a connection at a lab, but there are only so many academic roles, and only so many connections.

Andrew Cullen
@adrcullen.bsky.social

I may be (justifiably) cynical based upon my own experience, but sustainable careers for those who sustain research work (PhD and postdocs) isn't something that a small grant can or stipend can fix. It just staves off the inevitable. Sustainable careers require systemic change.

Andrew Cullen
@adrcullen.bsky.social

Addendum: you were talking about multi year fellowships, which are good, and at least provide more stability than 1-years. But sustainability needs a plan and a pathway, not just a reliance on more of the same, especially in the face of large scale changes in the field.

Andrew Cullen
@adrcullen.bsky.social

For all the good intentions, it's hard to believe that many with stability have the motivation, connection knowledge, or institutional capital to make would CS pathways at the early to mid level more sustainable. Profs are good at writing grants. Not necessarily knowing the lay of the land.