Abstract Many papers are chasing state-of-the-art (SOTA) numbers, and more will do so in the future. SOTA-chasing comes with many costs. squeezes out promising opportunities such as coopetition interdisciplinary collaboration. In addition, there is a risk that too much could lead to claims of superhuman performance, unrealistic expectations, next AI winter. Two root causes for be discussed: (1)...

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