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Study featuring AI-generated giant rat penis retracted entirely, journal apologizes::A peer-reviewed study featured nonsensical AI images including a giant rat penis in the latest example of how generative AI has seeped into academia.

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Of course some things will always slip through the cracks, but this is egregious. What does their peer-review process look like that this passed through it?

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Right? Even when skimming papers, it's usually: read title & abstract, look at figures, skim results & conclusion. If you don't notice that the figure doesn't have real words, how is anyone making sure the methodology makes sense? That the results show what the conclusion says they show?

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I am not disagreeing that this is ridiculous, I was just saying that this stupidity is not what should convince people not to take some random paper for an absolute truth, just because it was published.

Even if you eliminate fraud, bullshit and even honest mistakes, that's just not how science works.