Home page: http://DoctorZen.net. Biologist. Author of Better Posters book and blog. Collector of academic hoaxes and academic slop graphics.
2. Keeping gen AI of the sort described here should be a completely solvable problem with run of the mill peer review and editorial oversight.
3. Change research assessment incentives.
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here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments
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McCoul alleges that administrators knowingly violated her free speech and due process rights to appease political critics.
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Mage: Fireball. Max level
Barbarian: Channel my rage into my axe! HERE I GO!
Archer: Overcharged arrows. Called shots. Eyes.
Cleric: Turn undead. Let's send him to HELL.
Chuck Schumer: I cast "Stern Letter"
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Blog on Anthropic’s site
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
The extra treats have nothing to do with golden retriever day
He just likes them
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They want the validation of editorial acceptance.
Preprints don't raise their school rankings.
I am not sure I would entirely rule it out, because I do see useful papers there, sometimes from people I know and trust.
Many programs will not give a grad student a degree without having papers out.
Not caring to make the paper better is a 💯 predictable consequence.
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Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Because an academic got sick of spam, so used software to create a fake paper and got it accepted in a predatory journal.
Tale as old as time. Or at least a tale as old as a decade.
bit.ly/StingPred
“I have never seen anything like this.”
— Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
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@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.
1) Let your department chair & Graduate School know. Encourage them to contact NSF & congress
2) Write to your congressional reps.
3) Write to [email protected] to request re-consideration;
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Editors think peer reviewers will do it.
Peer reviewers think editors will do it.
Editor in Chief
Warehouse clerk
Emergency Room phone operator
Cardiologist research assistant
McDonald's cook
(Yes, volunteering and internships too)
1.) babysitter
2.) English language tutor
3.) cat volunteer at a shelter
4.) crochet artist
5.) baby bird caregiver
Projectionist
Snow shoveler
Assistant professor
Assistant professor
Assistant professor
(Three different institutions, so three different jobs)
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(Yes, volunteering and internships too)
1.) babysitter
2.) English language tutor
3.) cat volunteer at a shelter
4.) crochet artist
5.) baby bird caregiver
(Yes, volunteering and internships also)
1. Video store clerk ⭐️
2. Microbiologist (for a minute i was an actual authority on identifying cyanobacteria, that was wild)
3. Domestic violence counselor
4. Hotline supervisor/community therapist
5. Medical social worker
Editor in Chief
Warehouse clerk
Emergency Room phone operator
Cardiologist research assistant
McDonald's cook
