Why is the nonsense phrase “vegetative electron microscopy” turning up in fake scientific papers? Add two-column formatting to the list of things AI doesn’t understand. https://retractionwatch.com/2025/02/10/vegetative-electron-microscopy-fingerprint-paper-mill/
Via @researchbuzz
As a nonsense phrase of shady provenance makes the rounds, Elsevier defends its use

The origin of the phrase? The phrase was so strange it would have stood out even to a non-scientist. Yet “vegetative electron microscopy” had already made it past reviewers and editors at several j…

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@overholt @researchbuzz the comments section from that article is incredible.

I remember a phrase from a park ranger: "There is a significant overlap [of intelligence] between the smartest bear and the dumbest human"

And I am starting to wonder how long until that phrase is common with the bear being replaced by AI.

@indiealexh @overholt @researchbuzz

That line has already been crossed.

Have a look at "Humanities last test".

95% of humans would not be able to pass it.

Every time #AI passes our "hard" tests, we lift the bar.

@n_dimension @indiealexh @overholt @researchbuzz

For now, AI is a mostly useful though dangerous tool, and a funhouse mirror of humanity.

It is not intelligent. But then neither are most humans as it turns out.