> The way it works now is that they always prefer to rely on code of others, because academia is driven by citations, and creating new models from scratch means

> The way it works now is that they always prefer to rely on code of others, because academia is driven by citations, and creating new models from scratch means you're missing out mutual citations. Ah! This is the interesting point that stands out, as I hadn't anticipated such an incentive. It's a nasty one.