Scientists aghast at bizarre AI rat with huge genitals in peer-reviewed article | It’s unclear how such egregiously bad images made it through peer-review.::It’s unclear how such egregiously bad images made it through peer-review.
The first image from the article:
dck 🤣
I saw this posted yesterday without context, I didn’t realize this came from an actual published paper. Yikes.
Reminds me of that old southpark episode where Randy gets ball-cancer
Buffalo soljah
The impact of image and text generators on scientific research is a blessing disguised as a curse, as it shows how sloppy (or in this case, non-existent) reviewing has become.
Perhaps it’s time to review the reviewing?
The article in question is titled “Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway,” which was authored by three researchers in China, including the corresponding author Dingjun Hao of Xi’an Honghui Hospital. It was published online Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.
The issue of fake papers coming out of China has been known as an epidemic for at least a decade. “Publish or perish” is a worldwide problem but it’s another level there.
AI just makes this funnier.
About a decade back, a reputable scientist published an article in a top journal in his field, “proving” that people are able to see the future. People said the same thing then, but I doubt anything has changed.
At this point somebody should really create a /c/Aipocalypse community or something to collect stuff like this.
When people use AI for their article, and other people use AI to peer review…
The journal is: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Non-rhetorical question: Is there any journal with “Frontiers” in the name that is not a bit lawless?
To me, it implies that the journal is more “open-minded”, for better or worse.
I don’t have the answer to your question, but have you looked at the article? I don’t think any journal would typically be publishing utter nonsense as the images in it
Not a reputable journal. Not one where science actually takes place. But there are journals for anything, including journals where the peer-review is limited to your payment.
