Do you know how expensive open access publications are? I guarantee that editing, typesetting and curating could easily be performed for fraction of that price (and it's easy to prove it - just check how much Elsevier makes each year!). Also keep in mind that most of editors - which are responsible for curating - are not paid at all... And if you mean "curating" as in providing access to pdfs, then there is arxiv which does just that - for free.

You don't need to convince me. Convince all of the authors out there.

They have the power to send their work wherever they want. Really. They do.

The fact that they continue to choose the publishers after all of these years suggests to me that the publishers are doing something that the authors want.

And btw, who do you think would do this work for a fraction of the cost? Are you going to pay them? What if they unionize and demand a fair share of the grant money?

I feel like the Wizard of Oz telling Dorothy she had the power all along.

No, like Lancet or Cell.

The bundle pricing is a problem, as is consolidation in the publishing market. The fact that that there are so few publishers nowadays really doesn't help with pricing. Another example why antitrust enforcement is needed.

Most authors are rated based on the journals they publish in, and the most prestigious journals are typically from predatory publishers (Elsevier, Nature etc., yes I know that predatory journal is typically used in other context).

I guess you meant methane - nothing happened to it, it's still a problem

Why wouldn't AI also take the role of that "someone else"?

"Someone else" isn't going to allow it.

If AIs seriously threaten our real elites, AI will be destroyed.

If he is turning from "economic independence" offered by BRICS it would mean that he is much more sane than many would believe. BRICS has nothing to offer and nothing in common apart from being against the western world.

when machines reduced physical labor, displaced people moved to intelectual and creative jobs; tell me, what kind of work will be left for human if ai will be better at intellectual and creative tasks?

If there truly is no work to be done, we can finally start living.

Who's going to pay for you to start living?

If the robots are doing everything why does the concept of "paying" need to exist?

100% agree in principle, but the unfortunate answer to your question is: because the people who already own everything won't allow that to happen. Or, at least, not without a huge fight.

Could you show any example of that pipeline? I'm trying to think about technology not using which would result in being cancelled, but can't come with anything

That's fine, emissions from trains or buses are order of magnitude smaller than that of air travel

And with the money you save by not using a car, you can easily save enough to go on an overseas holiday.

Wow, that system is ingenious. I've always struggled with dates, gonna steal your idea from now on!

The burning question is "does it work"?

I don’t know. I’m through about 100 cards. I’ll let you know in a couple of months:)