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"You don't know which afternoon of debugging was the one that taught you something fundamental about your data until three years later, when you're working on a completely different problem and the insight surfaces" ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

ergosphere.blogThe machines are fine. I'm worried about us.On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

3/4/26, 5:46 pm1 repost3 likes

Andrew Sapperstein

@asapperstein.bsky.social

5 Apr

This is the best distillation of my biggest concern. I've found AI tremendously useful to accelerate work that isn't a good use of my time but that needs to get done. But I know how to guide it, correct it. I have no idea how a new grad is supposed to get to that point.