Comment by michaelt

> Research is supposed to be new ideas. If much of your research paper can be written by AI, I call into question whether or not it represents actual research.

One would hope the authors are forming a hypothesis, performing an experiment, gathering and analysing results, and only then passing it to the AI to convert it into a paper.

If I have a theory that, IDK, laser welds in a sine wave pattern are stronger than laser welds in a zigzag pattern - I've still got to design the exact experimental details, obtain all the equipment and consumables, cut a few dozen test coupons, weld them, strength test them, and record all the measurements.

Obviously if I skipped the experimentation and just had an AI fabricate the results table, that's academic misconduct of the clearest form.