Thies Lindenthal

Research and teaching, mostly real estate finance, a bit of Big Data, ML, domain names, and a careful dose of proptech. University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economy.

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For a while now, I have been using Claude Code and other AI models intensively. They are exciting tools and have changed the way I work and write. In academic writing, it is uncommon to say “I” — the convention is “we”, even for sole-authored papers. In the age of AI-enabled research, I think we need to change that.

If the text says I did this… I tested that… I find…, it makes absolutely clear who is responsible. The author, alone. No we, no Claude wrote this. It is my text. When I claim authorship, I also own all errors.

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