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Formalization in Academic Work
The advent of technology has blurred the lines in academia, making it challenging to determine the effort put into producing academic papers. This shift questions the validity of academic work and the solidity of the foundation it provides for further research. The speaker emphasizes the importance of formalization in academic work and suggests that mathematics, with its precise definitions and notation, offers a solid building block for future research. The speaker's work focuses on formalizing aspects of the world into computational terms, emphasizing the importance of a precise formalization that can be built upon in the academic realm.