Doctor M. PopularArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious.
> You expect us to actually read the papers we cite?!
yes, lol!
https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/
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@FediThing I think he means it. He certainly is doubling down on X https://x.com/JimDMiller/status/2055277720326529036
James Miller (@JimDMiller) on X
@tdietterich @arxiv So this means you expect every author to check every citation and make sure that every citation is real and accurate? What if it's beyond the ability of one of the authors to verify one of the citations because that citation is in a language he doesn't know or concerns technical
clewAlso, what he thinks publication credit is for.
Sassinake! ᑐ ∪ ∩ ⊂or analysis. Or reading. Or brains.
Li ~ Crystal System@clew @FediThing @docpop i suppose* just for saying 'i made this' ??? except if your using an AI thats ... debatable
Jennifer Moore 😷He said further down in the thread what he thinks citations are for:
"The citations are there to help readers who want to learn more about a sub topic, quickly locate new papers. They also function as a business suit, signaling that you're a serious person."
(yikes)
and various people have replied to that saying no that is not, in fact, what they are for!
How is he a professor? 😱
DamonHD@FediThing @unchartedworlds @docpop The bar to be one is maybe not as high as it should be? (That's how I hope to sneak in as one, maybe!)
Seiðr@DamonHD @FediThing @unchartedworlds @docpop There are universities and colleges and then there are "universities" and "colleges". Have you read about "Trump university"?
QCCEクリス@DamonHD @Illuminatus @FediThing @unchartedworlds @docpop "The announcement on arxiv regarding rejection of high probability papers written with AI, has observed a new professor consistent with the characteristic anti-professor, with a local statistical significance exceeding 5-sigma."
It's similar to post-docs or even candidates for PhDs who don't see the difference between theory and hypothesis.
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John Quiggin@unchartedworlds @FediThing @docpop
Most notably, in the academic context, they are there to acknowledge previous research on the topic, and position the paper's contribution to this body of research. Hell hath no fury like an academic uncited.
congusbongusgames@unchartedworlds @FediThing @docpop so all those Wikipedia nerds adding [citation needed] tags just want more reading material? TIL wow lmao
Violet Madder@unchartedworlds @FediThing @docpop
Okay, THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE is a fundamental problem on the scale of holy fuck we are not on the same planet morally or ethically or intellectually right now and it's honestly quite terrifying, bad.
We're entering the age of "AI" with jackasses that don't understand the basic value of consent, citations, or clean fucking air to breathe. This is what we're up against.
Average@unchartedworlds @FediThing @docpop
"citations are there just to look cool, and to make others think that i am a serious person" - deeply unserious person
BrazMogu (i.e. Bruno Guedes)@unchartedworlds @FediThing @docpop "They also function as a business suit, signaling that you're a serious person."
Oh, yea, that checks out
Escape plan@unchartedworlds
I think this guy needs to go back to year 7 English and write an essay on a fiction book. He might learn what a quote or reference is for....
Then again he might just get an llm to write it and then hand it in not seeing the problem with that.
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@chiraag Strong vibes of "wait. you mean I actually have to do the work I want credit for?"
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