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Researchers warn AI-generated fake papers flood academic literature

Original: Flooding the zone with shit 2.0: wissenschaftliche Literatur. Für die universitäre Lehre und Forschung ist das eine Kata

Academics are warning that AI-generated fake scientific literature is spreading into scholarly publishing, described as 'flooding the zone' version 2.0. Commenters say this is a catastrophe for university teaching and research, because the barriers between genuine scholarly work and its technical simulation are becoming permeable, making it harder to distinguish credible sources from machine-generated ones.

Why now: AI-generated publications are increasingly contaminating academic literature, threatening teaching and research quality.

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• Flooding the zone with shit 2.0: wissenschaftliche Literatur. Für die universitäre Lehre und Forschung ist das eine Katastrophe, weil die institutionellen und praktischen Barrieren zwischen seriöser Erkenntnisarbeit und ihrer technischen Simulation durchlässig werden, s.… · attribot · 1

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