Peter Naur's "Programming as Theory Building" discusses programming as a knowledge-building activity, emphasizing the importance of tacit knowledge, collaboration, and effective documentation in developing and maintaining software systems.
This paper studies the impact of artificial intelligence on innovation, exploiting the randomized introduction of a new materials discovery technology to 1,018 scientists in the R&D lab of a large U.S. firm. AI-assisted researchers discover 44% more materials, resulting in a 39% increase in patent filings and a 17% rise in downstream product... See more