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Signs of undeclared ChatGPT use in papers mounting (retractionwatch.com)

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[–] Sinnerman@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to think that when I became boss, I wouldn’t participate in the bullshit,

You can't change the system single-handedly overnight, but you can be active in your research community, e.g. you can suggest that conference proceedings be available for free online.

Also, if your trainees publish in journals, just make sure to put your pre-prints on arxiv or somewhere similar for free.

[–] kevin@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I do these things. I also refuse to review for-profit journals and paper mills, post all of my code in open source repositories, and advocate for these practices whenever I get the chance. When I had a popular science blog over 10 years ago, I was writing about this stuff a bunch.

But as long as hiring committees are scanning CVs for the number of Nature/Science/Cell journals, and granting agencies aren't insisting on different practices, this shit will continue.