Comment by doc_ick
17 hours ago
It likely is, but that’s also on the assumption every author has to be in association with an institution and it’s quick to verify that.
What good reason is there for trust in authorship to be low? I would likely agree for if it’s related to llm-slop.
Plagiarism, fictional data, and unreproducible results have been a problem for a some time, and LLMs are now increasingly standing in authors’ shoes. In a system that rewards production over all else, people are naturally going to be incentivized to cut corners.
Some cultures that are increasingly participating in the scientific process don’t even agree as to what the ethical boundaries are.
True, and thanks to llms are of those are being “exploited” exponentially more.
“In a system that rewards production over all else, people are naturally going to be incentivized to cut corners.” That sounds like the human condition and or capitalism, advancements in cars, weapons, toys, etc…
The agreement on ethical boundaries seems like a conversation held at a conference level, otherwise place a governs place b and that never goes well.
I agree fully replicable experiments is a minimum for research papers. Even with caveats it should be required. That being said those who don’t want to fully prove their claims will find another venue. I think frontier models should curb or have provably verified output (chatgpt did say x) for the majority cases to help reduce or help identify the slop.
> That sounds like the human condition and or capitalism, advancements in cars, weapons, toys, etc…
Indeed it is! That's why we set up rules of the game/road/etc. that we expect participants to adhere to, and impose sanctions when they don't. We're in that uncomfortable place today where we're trying to figure out how our rules should adapt to this new era.
Life is messy.
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