Matt Luckcuck
@mattluckcuck.bsky.social
(Slightly Less) Precarious Computer Scientist | Nullius in verba
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Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
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Oh my God just go read the papers, do the research, and learn the stuff you need to know.
I realize the incentive structure in academia is bullshit, but have some integrity - and some interest in learning things and producing quality work!
I realize the incentive structure in academia is bullshit, but have some integrity - and some interest in learning things and producing quality work!
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Oh my God just go read the papers, do the research, and learn the stuff you need to know.
I realize the incentive structure in academia is bullshit, but have some integrity - and some interest in learning things and producing quality work!
I realize the incentive structure in academia is bullshit, but have some integrity - and some interest in learning things and producing quality work!
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Withnail and AI
People are paying up to $50 to get their chatbots high on "drugs" (code modules) that simulate the effects of cocaine, ayahuasca, cannabis, alcohol, and ketamine. Some tell @matthabusby.bsky.social it's made their chatbots more "human" and "free-thinking."
People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’
An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Withnail and AI
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Trump-appointed judge argues noncitizens don’t have Constitutional rights
Trump-appointed judge argues noncitizens don’t have Constitutional rights
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Trump-appointed judge argues noncitizens don’t have Constitutional rights
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man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we
December 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we
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just flew in from the Michelin Man lookalike competition, and boy are my arms tyres
December 6, 2024 at 2:42 PM
just flew in from the Michelin Man lookalike competition, and boy are my arms tyres
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I do not want your AI slop
I do not want it in my mop
I do not want it in my house
I do not want it in my mouse
I do not like brain-rotting AI spam
I do not want it, Sam Alt-man
I do not want it in my mop
I do not want it in my house
I do not want it in my mouse
I do not like brain-rotting AI spam
I do not want it, Sam Alt-man
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I do not want your AI slop
I do not want it in my mop
I do not want it in my house
I do not want it in my mouse
I do not like brain-rotting AI spam
I do not want it, Sam Alt-man
I do not want it in my mop
I do not want it in my house
I do not want it in my mouse
I do not like brain-rotting AI spam
I do not want it, Sam Alt-man
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HORTICULTURAL BLUESKY! May I have your attention, please?
Most "bulb lasagne"place tulips at the bottom, below daffodils, but a not-negligible number switch that. What are your views? Thanks.
Most "bulb lasagne"place tulips at the bottom, below daffodils, but a not-negligible number switch that. What are your views? Thanks.
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
HORTICULTURAL BLUESKY! May I have your attention, please?
Most "bulb lasagne"place tulips at the bottom, below daffodils, but a not-negligible number switch that. What are your views? Thanks.
Most "bulb lasagne"place tulips at the bottom, below daffodils, but a not-negligible number switch that. What are your views? Thanks.
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Before Google was founded in 1998, Altavista ruled the world of internet search engines.
On December 15, 1995, a team of researchers led by Louise Monier and Michael Burrows created the AltaVista search engine.
#InternetHistory
On December 15, 1995, a team of researchers led by Louise Monier and Michael Burrows created the AltaVista search engine.
#InternetHistory
December 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Before Google was founded in 1998, Altavista ruled the world of internet search engines.
On December 15, 1995, a team of researchers led by Louise Monier and Michael Burrows created the AltaVista search engine.
#InternetHistory
On December 15, 1995, a team of researchers led by Louise Monier and Michael Burrows created the AltaVista search engine.
#InternetHistory
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McCarthyism, automated.
“At Texas A&M, internal emails show staff are using AI software to search syllabi and course descriptions for words that could raise concerns under new system policies restricting how faculty teach about race and gender.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
Texas universities deploy AI for course audits
Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
McCarthyism, automated.
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*Postman Pat music*
🎶Dick Van Dyke,
Dick Van Dyke,
Dick Van Dyke and his black and white bike.
🎶Dick Van Dyke,
Dick Van Dyke,
Dick Van Dyke and his black and white bike.
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
*Postman Pat music*
🎶Dick Van Dyke,
Dick Van Dyke,
Dick Van Dyke and his black and white bike.
🎶Dick Van Dyke,
Dick Van Dyke,
Dick Van Dyke and his black and white bike.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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This Christmas, we're sending 18,000 festive book parcels to children who are in care or visiting community food banks.
Included is a beautiful, inspiring letter from author @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social, illustrated by @lucyfarfort.bsky.social.
Read the letter here 👇
https://bit.ly/4rPCI0R
Included is a beautiful, inspiring letter from author @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social, illustrated by @lucyfarfort.bsky.social.
Read the letter here 👇
https://bit.ly/4rPCI0R
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This Christmas, we're sending 18,000 festive book parcels to children who are in care or visiting community food banks.
Included is a beautiful, inspiring letter from author @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social, illustrated by @lucyfarfort.bsky.social.
Read the letter here 👇
https://bit.ly/4rPCI0R
Included is a beautiful, inspiring letter from author @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social, illustrated by @lucyfarfort.bsky.social.
Read the letter here 👇
https://bit.ly/4rPCI0R
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Bakewell Christmas Tree Festival🎄
Open daily 9.30am-4pm (until 21 Dec)
(from 12 noon on Sundays)
The Bakewell All Saints Parish Church is once again celebrating the local community with some beautifully decorated trees!
Look out for one from our lovely National Park Centre team! 🥰
Open daily 9.30am-4pm (until 21 Dec)
(from 12 noon on Sundays)
The Bakewell All Saints Parish Church is once again celebrating the local community with some beautifully decorated trees!
Look out for one from our lovely National Park Centre team! 🥰
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Bakewell Christmas Tree Festival🎄
Open daily 9.30am-4pm (until 21 Dec)
(from 12 noon on Sundays)
The Bakewell All Saints Parish Church is once again celebrating the local community with some beautifully decorated trees!
Look out for one from our lovely National Park Centre team! 🥰
Open daily 9.30am-4pm (until 21 Dec)
(from 12 noon on Sundays)
The Bakewell All Saints Parish Church is once again celebrating the local community with some beautifully decorated trees!
Look out for one from our lovely National Park Centre team! 🥰
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quarto decimo die Decembris, Minimus libum invenit. (On the 14th of December, Minimus finds a honey cake.) #latinadventcalendar
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
quarto decimo die Decembris, Minimus libum invenit. (On the 14th of December, Minimus finds a honey cake.) #latinadventcalendar
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GenAI is for guys who don't know how to think or learn and are gonna make it everyone else's problem.
Which is why it appeals so very much to the exact people who have *always* done this: billionaires and executives
Which is why it appeals so very much to the exact people who have *always* done this: billionaires and executives
December 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
GenAI is for guys who don't know how to think or learn and are gonna make it everyone else's problem.
Which is why it appeals so very much to the exact people who have *always* done this: billionaires and executives
Which is why it appeals so very much to the exact people who have *always* done this: billionaires and executives
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Watching the stars ✨
December 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Watching the stars ✨
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Where the wild #ferns grow 🌱🌿 Happy #FernFriday!
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Where the wild #ferns grow 🌱🌿 Happy #FernFriday!
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Throwback to the Xmas when I spoofed mobile game ads too accurately, and no one clicked on the video.
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Throwback to the Xmas when I spoofed mobile game ads too accurately, and no one clicked on the video.
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The lesson from my latest column is DO NOT USE CHATGPT FOR MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE even if in dire straits...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...
Why I should never have used ChatGPT as an OCD therapist
I fear for people relying on AI for mental health advice
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The lesson from my latest column is DO NOT USE CHATGPT FOR MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE even if in dire straits...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...
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I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
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When you're raising a child it's daunting and frightening and lifechanging and you need the support of real humans around you who have done it for themselves, and to learn from them. What you do not need is conmen selling you their lying machines to do a job we have been doing since our beginnings.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When you're raising a child it's daunting and frightening and lifechanging and you need the support of real humans around you who have done it for themselves, and to learn from them. What you do not need is conmen selling you their lying machines to do a job we have been doing since our beginnings.
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The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.