Nature wonders aloud if AI is helping science:

In academia’s competitive environment, any tool that allows researchers to “produce more publications is going to be a very attractive proposition”, says digital-innovation researcher Savvas Papagiannidis at Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Generative AI is continuing to improve — so publishers, grant-funding agencies and scientists must consider what constitutes ethical use of LLMs, and what over-reliance on these tools says about a research landscape that encourages hyper-productivity.

Could it be that the focus on ‘publish or perish’ is entering a positive feedback loop with AI chatbots…?

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