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Jed Brown

@jedbrown.org

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Prof developing fast algorithms, reliable software, and healthy communities for computational science. Opinions my own. neuromatch.social/@jedbrown PhyPID.org | aspiring killjoy | refuse epistemicide | he/they

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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 16/09/2026

Oh. That's a heck of a subsidy.

At MIT, Harvard, or any other school, supervising an undergraduate researcher is a lot of work, costs a lot of money, involves a lot of meetings, and the results are not reliably excellent. Asking Claude is easier, faster, and may produce better results. It’s also cheaper, which is no accident: Harvard allows every Harvard student and faculty member to request a Claude token budget of $2,500 per month, even as research funding is continuously threatened and the University lays off staff.

@profmarylewis.bsky.social@profmarylewis.bsky.social

Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 16/09/2026

Oh. That's a heck of a subsidy.

@profmarylewis.bsky.social@profmarylewis.bsky.social

Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

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