“Publishing academic papers on transformative AI is a nightmare” by Jakub Growiec
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“Publishing academic papers on transformative AI is a nightmare” by Jakub Growiec
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Recently, jointly with Klaus Prettner, we’ve written a paper on “The Economics of p(doom): Scenarios of Existential Risk and Economic Growth in the Age of Transformative AI”. We have presented it at multiple conferences and seminars, and it was always well received. We didn’t get any real pushback; instead our research prompted a lot of interest and reflection (as I was reported, also in conversations where I wasn’t involved).
But our experience with publishing this paper in a journal is a polar opposite. To date, the paper got desk-rejected (without peer review) 7 times. For example, Futures—a journal “for the interdisciplinary study of futures, visioning, anticipation and foresight” justified their negative decision by writing: “while your results are of potential interest, the topic of your manuscript falls outside of the scope of this journal”.
Until finally, to our excitement, it was for once sent out for review. But then came the [...]
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First published:
November 3rd, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rmYj6PTBMm76voYLn/publishing-academic-papers-on-transformative-ai-is-a
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