todd ellisFacing an...unusual...review for my PhD dissertation, I re-created their strangest argument nearly word for word and in the same order with my first one-sentence prompt to Copilot.
Head exploding.
Paul SuttonSo the student has used CoPilot to write his / her dissertation, I agree with the other comments here that is not a good thing. I do understand students are under both time and probably financial pressure to get things written on time but at this level one should surely be able to write properly.
Eleanor Saitta@zleap
No, other way around — someone reviewing the op's diss did so via llm instead of writing their own review
@tootstorm
No, other way around — someone reviewing the op's diss did so via llm instead of writing their own review
@tootstorm
That persons credibility HAS to take a major hit, I am not in academia but this looks like someone is just being lazy. I can understand people reading and doing their own, and getting an LLM to do it, for comparison. But to just use an LLM is clearly not very academically professional.
People pay a lot of money to universities and expect / deserve a better service.
Thomas@dymaxion
LLMs are next token predictors. If the produced result looks incoherent then it's a good sign that your thesis brings something new. So thumbs up!
I wish you the best dealing with "academia" AI-slop.
|Well first step is to be aware it is there, and how to recognise