ArXiv declares independence from Cornell
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ArXiv declares independence from Cornell
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Re: ArXiv declares independence from Cornell
#2Good call, ArXiv seems like one of the most important institutions out there right now.
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#3This sounds terrible. Of course there's a huge risk of it becoming made for-profit. It almost makes you wonder if the academic publishers are behind this push somehow.
Could they not have made it into some legal structure that puts universities at the top? Say, with a bunch of universities owning shares that comprise the entirety of the ownership of arXiv, but that would allow arXiv to independently raise funds?
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#4Statement by arXiv: https://tech.cornell.edu/arxiv/
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#5Now the question is, will arxiv wage a decade long bloody war with Cornell, using heavy infantry (PhD students), archers (reviewers) and field artillery (AI slop papers), or will the independence be mostly peaceful? Only time can tell.
Re: ArXiv declares independence from Cornell
#6This sounds terrible. Of course there's a huge risk of it becoming made for-profit. It almost makes you wonder if the academic publishers are behind this push somehow. Could they not have made it into some legal structure that puts universities at the top? Say, with a bunch of universities owning shares that comprise the entirety of the ownership of arXiv, but that would allow arXiv to independently raise funds?
> Of course there's a huge risk of it becoming made for-profit.
The article says that "it will become an independent nonprofit corporation", and as OpenAI's failed attempt showed, converting a non-profit to a for-profit organization is either really hard or impossible.
> Could they not have made it into some legal structure that puts universities at the top?
As a corporation (even a non-profit one), it will have a board of directors. I have no idea what their charter will look like, but I would be surprised if at least one seat wasn't reserved for a university representative, and more than that seems quite likely as well.
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#7Statement by arXiv: https://tech.cornell.edu/arxiv/
Should be the main link. The original article is based on the CEO job posting.
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#9I might be missing something, but I still don't get the why. I don't see any "problem" that needs to be solved.
Re: ArXiv declares independence from Cornell
#10Good call, ArXiv seems like one of the most important institutions out there right now.
It’s so important, in fact, that there should be more than one such institution.
People keep falling into the same trap. They love monopolies, then are shocked when those monopolies jerk them around.