Peer review has met its match.
AI, peer review and the human activity of science
When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.
How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science
Preprint repositories and conference organizers are having to counter a tide of ‘AI slop’ submissions.
AI’s Growing Role as Scientific Peer Reviewer | Stanford HAI
Stanford computer scientist James Zou is exploring how AI can accelerate scientific research and peer review. His finding: AI excels at spotting gaps, but judgment calls still need humans.
No. 014: Science's AI productivity paradox, Sakana clears peer review, AI proof search on open Erdős problems - The Hallway Track
The Hallway Track No. 014 - How AI is affecting the practice of science
How to spot AI science slop | Lab Muffin Beauty Science
AI-generated science content is super prone to factual errors. Here's how to spot it… Lots of typos and grammatical errors used to signal that something wasn’t checked carefully. Now, it’s AI slop…
How to build an AI scientist: first peer-reviewed paper spills the secrets
AI Scientist, an autonomous research tool, first released in 2024, has now undergone peer review, highlighting its strengths and limitations.
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Nature - Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
No. 023: Co-Scientist, Terminal-Bench Science, AI in peer review - The Hallway Track
The Hallway Track No. 023 - How AI is affecting the practice of science
AI has supercharged scientists—but may have shrunk science
Analysis of 41 million papers finds that although AI expands individual impact, it narrows collective scientific exploration
New Studies: How Commercial Forces Make Science Less Reliable
Computational social science has been distorted by commercial forces, and AI is making it worse.
AI slop has hit the science communicators
No. 020: Astra solves ten open math problems, AI agents fail at open-ended research, peer review under strain - The Hallway Track
The Hallway Track No. 020 - How AI is affecting the practice of science
Exploring AI’s growing role in scientific peer review
Stanford computer scientist James Zou discusses AI’s strengths at spotting errors and limitations in judging research significance.
No. 017: Science EIC contra AI hype, data poisoning of research agents, Vancouver Standard for AI disclosure - The Hallway Track
The Hallway Track No. 017 - How AI is affecting the practice of science
