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Scientists reportedly hiding AI text prompts in academic papers to receive positive peer reviews (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Those authors should be screened loads forever more. They do not respect the purpose of the scientific process if they are solely trying to push themselves forward.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Or maybe AI shouldn't review things? Who knows what they are hallucinating.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    This is the biggest issue - peer review is supposed to be about critical analysis and domain expertise, not just following promts blindly, and no AI today has actual scientific understanding to catch subtle methodological flaws.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah absolutely, but researchers who are attempting skirt review processes to only receice positive feedback are not respecting the process.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What's to respect in an AI review where they didn't even review the output. It's an LLM lazy review. Deserves to be gamed.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    Yes, the reviewers should not be using it. The researcher shouldnt be submitting it with the intention of gaming it.

    AI is not all LLM chat bots, there are legitimate AI implementations used in research.

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