AI, Materials, and Fraud with Ben Shindel

Oxide and Friends

• Episode: AI, Materials, and Fraud with Ben Shindel
• Website: Oxide and Friends
• Feed URL: https://feeds.transistor.fm/oxide-and-friends
• Duration: 01:10:35
• Published: 2025-05-24 16:00

Late in 2024, an economics paper captured the attention of the world. AI, it claimed, had a tremendous impact on materials research, disproportionally benefitted the most productive, and--sadly--reduced job statisfaction. It now appears that the results are entirely fabricated! Ben Shindel joins Bryan and Adam to discuss.

In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special guest Ben Shindel.

Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:

• Ben's blog: AI, Materials, and Fraud, Oh My!
• OxF: Theranos, Silicon Valley, and the March Madness of Tech Fraud
• Topic
• [@M:SS](link into recording) Leventhal's Conundrum
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