AI Boosts Research Careers, but Flattens Scientific Discovery(spectrum.ieee.org)

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AI Boosts Research Careers, but Flattens Scientific Discovery

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“We’ve become so obsessed with the number of papers [that scientists publish] that we are not thinking about what it is that we are researching—and in what ways that contributes to a better understanding of reality, of health, and of the natural world,” says Nunes Amaral, who detailed the phenomenon of AI-fueled research paper mills last year.