<![CDATA[ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious.]]>ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious.

> You expect us to actually read the papers we cite?!

yes, lol!

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ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop

The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/e3899ff7-48a4-487a-bfb3-d68aad180235/arxiv-announces-a-ban-on-ai-content-and-the-responses-are-hilarious.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 08:30:09 GMTWed, 20 May 2026 19:18:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 06:42:48 GMT]]>@docpop That perfectly underlines one of my main concerns; well outside ecological, ethical, brain rot, unemployment .....okay - a single small concern of mine.

People get lazy and stop checking the product of auto-complete and just ship it thus slop feeds slop.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/svelmoe/statuses/116611204269524782https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/svelmoe/statuses/116611204269524782Thu, 21 May 2026 06:42:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 06:37:49 GMT]]>@jamesmarshall @docpop @a_cubed
That should be retract, not redact.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a_cubed/statuses/116611184676571130https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a_cubed/statuses/116611184676571130Thu, 21 May 2026 06:37:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 06:36:58 GMT]]>@jamesmarshall @docpop
The ACM, US-based but international, particularly in terms of authors, and events with refereed proceedings.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a_cubed/statuses/116611181370775785https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a_cubed/statuses/116611181370775785Thu, 21 May 2026 06:36:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 06:35:07 GMT]]>@docpop I think people tend to overestimate the percentage of scientists who actually read, in full, the papers they cite. This isn't about AI, it has always been like that! 🤷🏻

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Read before you cite!

Abstract page for arXiv paper cond-mat/0212043: Read before you cite!

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/ap/users/115842498430503908/statuses/116611174058173778https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/ap/users/115842498430503908/statuses/116611174058173778Thu, 21 May 2026 06:35:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 06:28:38 GMT]]>@DamonHD @FediThing @unchartedworlds @docpop There are universities and colleges and then there are "universities" and "colleges". Have you read about "Trump university"?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Illuminatus/statuses/116611148556620979https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Illuminatus/statuses/116611148556620979Thu, 21 May 2026 06:28:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 06:06:34 GMT]]>@docpop "So... We have to actually use our brains? 😭"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115952121886146124/statuses/116611061825018094https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115952121886146124/statuses/116611061825018094Thu, 21 May 2026 06:06:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 05:36:28 GMT]]>@docpop In a civilised age James Miller would go down in history as the fool of the year. Now he’s just a another hustlebro competing other hustlebros trying to get rich off abuse.. Of systems that literally hold our civilisation together.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116610943425278809https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116610943425278809Thu, 21 May 2026 05:36:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 05:33:07 GMT]]>@jamesmarshall @docpop no, we don't make up fake citations. But also sadly, not every co-author checks every citation. We rely on trusting our co-authors to not commit academic fraud.

I'm very in favor of verifiable academic fraud leading to (impermanent) bans from preprint servers. If your co-authors are committing fraud and you find out by getting banned from a preprint server, that sucks, but it's a great signal to stop trusting that co-author. Nature will heal.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gladtech.social/users/cuchaz/statuses/116610930270135175https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gladtech.social/users/cuchaz/statuses/116610930270135175Thu, 21 May 2026 05:33:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 05:11:10 GMT]]>@docpop 🤦🏾‍♂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/adipoeserPursch/statuses/116610843946506811https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/adipoeserPursch/statuses/116610843946506811Thu, 21 May 2026 05:11:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 04:46:21 GMT]]>@docpop I can't tell if AI made people stupid or if it just made pre-existing stupid people louder and more obnoxious.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/116610746401834979https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/116610746401834979Thu, 21 May 2026 04:46:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 04:42:50 GMT]]>@Darkphoenix @docpop There are sometimes physics errors in physics textbooks too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116610732558832108https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116610732558832108Thu, 21 May 2026 04:42:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 04:41:54 GMT]]>@ftranschel @docpop Had to look up scnr then it made sense. 😬

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116610728862386460https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116610728862386460Thu, 21 May 2026 04:41:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 04:29:35 GMT]]>哈哈，这个反应也太真实了。学术圈其实很多人都在偷偷用AI写论文，现在arXiv一禁估计要炸锅了。

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116610482379136253/statuses/116610680426177954https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116610482379136253/statuses/116610680426177954Thu, 21 May 2026 04:29:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 04:28:38 GMT]]>@docpop jesus, you have to check everything AI writes. Citations or otherwise. And it can be a great help in finding sources, but you have to check everything. By hand. And brain. Yes, all of it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/onnob/statuses/116610676706638343https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/onnob/statuses/116610676706638343Thu, 21 May 2026 04:28:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 04:27:19 GMT]]>@docpop dafuq isn't that a basic skill😅

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/liztai/statuses/116610671527457778https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/liztai/statuses/116610671527457778Thu, 21 May 2026 04:27:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 04:20:12 GMT]]>@unchartedworlds @FediThing @docpop so all those Wikipedia nerds adding [citation needed] tags just want more reading material? TIL wow lmao

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/congusbongus/statuses/116610643544712900https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/congusbongus/statuses/116610643544712900Thu, 21 May 2026 04:20:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 03:45:17 GMT]]>@marta Thank you! I'm also a bit disturbed by the comments here seeing Miller as being _completely_ out of line and ridiculing him for the points raised. His point is more reasonable than the “Why is that guy a professor?!?” mob thinks, but in the end still false in my opinion. Yes, even if you work in a field with papers with lots of authors and quite loose cooperations, you are and should be responsible for papers with your name on it. Laskowski investigating the data manipulation and retracting the papers is a good example for taking that responsibility. @docpop

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/HeptaSean/statuses/116610506252038230https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/HeptaSean/statuses/116610506252038230Thu, 21 May 2026 03:45:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 03:32:36 GMT]]>@docpop the responder does not understand Science

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/carl/statuses/116610456375781300https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/carl/statuses/116610456375781300Thu, 21 May 2026 03:32:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 02:53:25 GMT]]>@adriano @docpop @FediThing Depending on what is usual in his academic field, his thoughts are maybe less “How the f is he a professor?!?” outlandish than the Fedi commenters here think.

For papers with lots of authors and quite strict division of labour for different parts of the paper and different sub-groups of authors, I can very well see that it maybe has not been usual up to now to know every other author and double check their work.

Still seems net positive to me to reinforce responsibility for things with your name on it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/HeptaSean/statuses/116610302317284862https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/HeptaSean/statuses/116610302317284862Thu, 21 May 2026 02:53:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:59:44 GMT]]>@a_cubed @docpop thanks for your comment, very informative. I assume your academic society publisher is international? I'm wondering if this is a US problem.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jamesmarshall/statuses/116609855277194390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/jamesmarshall/statuses/116609855277194390Thu, 21 May 2026 00:59:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:58:23 GMT]]>@docpop Clearly those people never had experience in making research papers or something like that. And that's bad

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furry.engineer/users/linkachus17/statuses/116609850014637616https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furry.engineer/users/linkachus17/statuses/116609850014637616Thu, 21 May 2026 00:58:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:46:08 GMT]]>@docpop That fucker belongs on Fux News. ""People are saying" means that's good enough for me to cite!" 🙄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/116609801826956616https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/116609801826956616Thu, 21 May 2026 00:46:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:44:10 GMT]]>@jamesmarshall @docpop
He's wrong. Not everyone does it. He's trying an argumentum ad populum. I'm on the publication ethics committee of a major Comp Sci academic society publisher and we would redact papers with multiple non-existent citations and ban the authors from submitting to our publications for at least a year.
You submit it as your work, you stand byit as valid. Jointly and severally, although we sometimes go easy on student joint authors with faculty (faculty should know better).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a_cubed/statuses/116609794067437397https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a_cubed/statuses/116609794067437397Thu, 21 May 2026 00:44:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Thu, 21 May 2026 00:19:07 GMT]]>@docpop@mastodon.social I can't believe anyone ever actually seriously thought they didn't have to look at the things they're citing

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