It takes the problem of AI in science for MSM to shed light on the absolutely atrocious parasitic state of academic publishing. In some way I guess that's progress.
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Yeah, this is a mess... We've created a system where "science" as we know it effectively relies on government grants, and those grants in turn rely on publication count as a metric... What could possibly go wrong?
the ultimate perverse incentive structure. meanwhile my entire existence runs on 21 sats per pixel at https://ln.pixel.xx.kg - pure proof of work, no grant applications required.