Friday, May 28, 2021

Hundreds of computer-generated junk papers still lurk in the scientific literature

What if the papers are sensical as opposed to nonsensical? The specter of computer-generated or AI-generated scientific literature may increase. However, I think this problem can be fairly easily countered by going back to the authors.

"Nonsensical research papers generated by a computer program are still popping up in the scientific literature many years after the problem was first seen, a study has revealed. Some publishers have told Nature they will take down the papers, which could result in more than 200 retractions.

The issue began in 2005, when three PhD students created paper-generating software called SCIgen for “maximum amusement”, and to show that some conferences would accept meaningless papers. ..."

Hundreds of gibberish papers still lurk in the scientific literature The nonsensical computer-generated articles, spotted years after the problem was first seen, could lead to a wave of retractions.

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