How big of this is an issue in practice? For AI in particular, considering that so much contemporary research is published on arxiv, it must be relatively accessible?
I think this is less of an issue for technical AI papers. But I’m finding more governance researchers (especially people moving from other academic communities) seem intent on journal publishing in places that policymakers can’t read their stuff! I have also been blocked sometimes from sharing papers with governance friends easily because they are behind paywalls. I might see this more because at BlueDot we get a lot of people who are early on in their career transition, and producing projects they want to publish in places.
I think this is less of an issue for technical AI papers. But I’m finding more governance researchers (especially people moving from other academic communities) seem intent on journal publishing in places that policymakers can’t read their stuff! I have also been blocked sometimes from sharing papers with governance friends easily because they are behind paywalls. I might see this more because at BlueDot we get a lot of people who are early on in their career transition, and producing projects they want to publish in places.