Academics question the purpose and ethics of high-volume AI publishing
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A tenured professor at a leading university challenges the fundamental purpose of producing hundreds of AI-generated papers and what this means for the pursuit of knowledge.
“Because, yes, you can use ChatGPT to spit out 200 papers a year if you want. But to what end? What is the point?”
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This is so funny to me. Because, yes, you can use ChatGPT to spit out 200 papers a year if you want. But to what end? What is the point? Did you spend all those years studying and working to make AI button pressing your entire career? Keep in mind this is a tenured professor at one of the world’s leading universities. So much for the noble pursuit…
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😮💨 sigh https://www. washingtonpost.com/education/2 026/09/23/nine-months-200-academic-papers-one-professors-ai-assisted-output/
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