Unrelated, but I see the use of the phrase "taste" as having a strong Twitter / e/acc smell (in a negative way).
I tend to associate it with folks who are prepared to victim blame researchers for not adapting to the "new economy" as being people who have "bad taste" or "low agency", maybe as a way to rationalize/justify the upcoming inqeuality that AI will create.
Basically a recycling of the way "IQ"/smarts/hard-work has historically been used to justify disproportionate rewards for the upper class.
(Obviously a gigantic stretch on my part, and not saying the author is in this camp, but just wanted to vent somewhere)
I tend to associate it with folks who are prepared to victim blame researchers for not adapting to the "new economy" as being people who have "bad taste" or "low agency", maybe as a way to rationalize/justify the upcoming inqeuality that AI will create.
Basically a recycling of the way "IQ"/smarts/hard-work has historically been used to justify disproportionate rewards for the upper class.
(Obviously a gigantic stretch on my part, and not saying the author is in this camp, but just wanted to vent somewhere)