I think we also need to be careful about what we consider low-quality clones of other work.

Reproduction of research is extremely important. It isn't glamorous, but it's how we verify shit.

Yes—academic publishing has become a quantity engine—endlessly churning out papers that echo one another—more about survival than discovery. Many PhDs write for the CV, not the cosmos—speculating, recycling, or rephrasing ideas to stay afloat in the “publish or perish” tide—where innovation drowns quietly beneath the noise. /gpt

Imagine how much worse it’s going to get as more and more is ai slop like the above.