Paper Detail

Agentic research is oxymoronic

Natalie B. Hogg

arxiv Score 8.3

Published 2026-08-31 · First seen 2026-09-01

General AI

Abstract

The use of agentic large language models obviates human interpretation of scientific results, and will lead to substantial distrust in the literature.

Workflow Status

Review status
pending
Role
unreviewed
Read priority
soon
Vote
Not set.
Saved
no
Collections
Not filed yet.
Next action
Not filled yet.

Reading Brief

No structured notes yet. Add `summary_sections`, `why_relevant`, `claim_impact`, or `next_action` in `papers.jsonl` to enrich this view.

Why It Surfaced

No ranking explanation is available yet.

Tags

No tags.

BibTeX

@article{hogg2026agentic,
  title = {Agentic research is oxymoronic},
  author = {Natalie B. Hogg},
  year = {2026},
  abstract = {The use of agentic large language models obviates human interpretation of scientific results, and will lead to substantial distrust in the literature.},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.31161},
  keywords = {astro-ph.IM},
  eprint = {2608.31161},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
}

Metadata

{}