<![CDATA[ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious.]]>ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious.

> You expect us to actually read the papers we cite?!

yes, lol!

https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/3b4b61bf-7d9c-4d17-99a2-20480d0e081f/arxiv-announces-a-ban-on-ai-content-and-the-responses-are-hilarious.RSS for NodeSat, 23 May 2026 21:04:55 GMTWed, 20 May 2026 19:18:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 22:00:24 GMT]]>@docpop to add, broken trust from your colleagues has been a problem before AI too, here's a particularly popular story https://laskowskilab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/2020/01/29/retractions/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/marta/statuses/116609150133455268https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/marta/statuses/116609150133455268Wed, 20 May 2026 22:00:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:58:45 GMT]]>@docpop from his profile, Miller has a PhD from U. Chicago, a JD from Stanford, and is a professor at Smith College. πŸ˜• I think this reflects badly on every one of those.

He and his defenders are basically saying "everyone does it, and you're naive to complain." If it's true that everyone does it, that reflects badly on modern academia as a whole.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jamesmarshall/statuses/116609143646308632https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jamesmarshall/statuses/116609143646308632Wed, 20 May 2026 21:58:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:58:18 GMT]]>@docpop @EthicalProfessor
They're not egen demanding thauch. Thye just require that authors check the citations are to actual papers, mot just imagined plausible-looking lists.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a_cubed/statuses/116609141835617964https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a_cubed/statuses/116609141835617964Wed, 20 May 2026 21:58:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:53:12 GMT]]>@docpop

https://archive.ph/HHPGh

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/LevZadov/statuses/116609121780842500https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/LevZadov/statuses/116609121780842500Wed, 20 May 2026 21:53:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:52:07 GMT]]>@docpop well physics papers can have like 50 authors, there is no expectation for all of them to read all of the sources, please

I don't always read sources added by my peers if I don't need to.

I'm in no way pro-"AI", however you're misrepresenting the point raised...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/marta/statuses/116609117560843449https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/marta/statuses/116609117560843449Wed, 20 May 2026 21:52:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:47:38 GMT]]>@FediThing @docpop the chap's a PhD πŸ™ƒ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/jackeric/statuses/116609099891673557https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/jackeric/statuses/116609099891673557Wed, 20 May 2026 21:47:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:46:06 GMT]]>@docpop James Miller took apart his Rubik's Cube to solve it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/Gustodon/statuses/116609093912492135https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/Gustodon/statuses/116609093912492135Wed, 20 May 2026 21:46:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:44:16 GMT]]>@docpop You expect to get a reasonable response to post on X ???

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://solarsystem.social/users/mrak/statuses/116609086664051456https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://solarsystem.social/users/mrak/statuses/116609086664051456Wed, 20 May 2026 21:44:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:39:23 GMT]]>@docpop Local idiot shocked to learn you should understand the subject you're telling other people about

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HappyCrow13/statuses/116609067480131686https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HappyCrow13/statuses/116609067480131686Wed, 20 May 2026 21:39:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:33:35 GMT]]>@csilverman Incredibly rare Community Notes W

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mjc0961/statuses/116609044656236403https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mjc0961/statuses/116609044656236403Wed, 20 May 2026 21:33:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:24:36 GMT]]>@clew @FediThing @docpop

or analysis. Or reading. Or brains.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Sassinake/statuses/116609009378534907https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Sassinake/statuses/116609009378534907Wed, 20 May 2026 21:24:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:02:18 GMT]]>@docpop I made the mistake of briefly looking at his X posts.

I'm... I'm just going to say I will not comment on it. My god, no.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116608921652446776https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116608921652446776Wed, 20 May 2026 21:02:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:59:35 GMT]]>@csilverman @docpop It's almost like broken incentives lead to unintended consequences...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116608911007743759https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116608911007743759Wed, 20 May 2026 20:59:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:57:42 GMT]]>@heafnerj @docpop As in "only highschoolers can reasonably be expected to do this"? 🀣

(scnr)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116608903572813676https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116608903572813676Wed, 20 May 2026 20:57:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:38:43 GMT]]>@docpop I thought that’s why you cited them 😹
Or have I read the memo wrong πŸ€”
(Completely sarcastic here 😹)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/116608828928322869https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/em_and_future_cats/statuses/116608828928322869Wed, 20 May 2026 20:38:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:27:18 GMT]]>@docpop @FediThing
To be clear, this is the same kind of argument as "What if I need to shout the N-word to save a baby from being crushed by a bus?", and the like.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lile.cl/users/adriano/statuses/116608784036699888https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lile.cl/users/adriano/statuses/116608784036699888Wed, 20 May 2026 20:27:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:25:06 GMT]]>@EdCates @docpop Neat, I didn't know about that. Thanks.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/csilverman/statuses/116608775406894667https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/csilverman/statuses/116608775406894667Wed, 20 May 2026 20:25:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:01:04 GMT]]>@docpop Reminds me of when Apple started cracking down on template-based apps. It's a quality control problem, and the only real solution is to make people do the actual work.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116535831720048152/statuses/116608680862933997https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116535831720048152/statuses/116608680862933997Wed, 20 May 2026 20:01:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:53:29 GMT]]>@docpop Power move LMAO

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gotosocial.social/users/oceane/statuses/01KS3F6HR4SNTTZC0YPX23NRBFhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gotosocial.social/users/oceane/statuses/01KS3F6HR4SNTTZC0YPX23NRBFWed, 20 May 2026 19:53:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:42:39 GMT]]>@docpop @FediThing Well, his point is *slightly* more nuanced in that he's arguing "What if *I* checked the citations I added, but this other guy I co-author with did not on his part of the paper? Why am I responsible?"

To which I reply "sucks to be you, my guy."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lile.cl/users/adriano/statuses/116608608437491708https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lile.cl/users/adriano/statuses/116608608437491708Wed, 20 May 2026 19:42:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:42:12 GMT]]>@docpop Also, isn't this rather a high school level expectation?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116608606730587341https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116608606730587341Wed, 20 May 2026 19:42:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:40:38 GMT]]>@docpop One problem with contemporary physics textbooks is that authors rarely, if ever, read and check the original sources by Einstein and others and proceed to perpetuate misconceptions that we as faculty must repeatedly engage with in our classrooms. It wastes our time and confuses students. This has been a thing long before arXiv or AI so I'm quite sympathetic.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116608600564100297https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116608600564100297Wed, 20 May 2026 19:40:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:38:04 GMT]]>@csilverman @docpop @FediThing

FYI (if you aren't aware), the Libredirect browser extension is a wonderful thing. Set it up once and never accidentally wind up in the Xitter again.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/EdCates/statuses/116608590466799386https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/EdCates/statuses/116608590466799386Wed, 20 May 2026 19:38:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious. on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:33:36 GMT]]>@docpop @FediThing I'm an xcancel fan, so I figured I'd share the link here:

https://xcancel.com/JimDMiller/status/2055277720326529036

This Miller character, if he's real, is beyond help. Farther down, he basically says that "AI-hallucinated inaccuracies are better than human inaccuracies because the AI inaccuracies are going to be so obviously wrong that no one would take them seriously."

I think I'm starting to see why he's so up in arms about the prospect of his scientific work, as it were, being held to higher standards.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/csilverman/statuses/116608572887159645https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/csilverman/statuses/116608572887159645Wed, 20 May 2026 19:33:36 GMT