Elsevier, everyone's favorite copyright maximalist closed-access publisher, argues that their high costs are necessary because they're the arbiter of quality.

The arbiter of quality keeps publishing LLM-written papers. Thanks for making my argument for me, Elsevier! They didn't even read it.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043324001298

"In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model."

@cliffle i thought they didn't even provide quality checks as they pass the burden of peer review on to others

literally the world's most expensive way to host a pdf while reducing scientific access and advancement

@xvrqt @cliffle they probably work like in the French movie "La vérité si je mens" when they scam a big retailer that stole their designs.
Their (fake) office is just a stage and the guy opening the door says "we are everywhere on the net". but as you can see, broken screens.