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ThrowawayTestr 5 days ago

This is hilarious. Isn't arXiv the place where everyone uploads their paper?

anthk 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I've seen odd stuff elsewhere, too:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18955255/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16136218/

Maken 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

arXiv was built over a good faith assumption, where a long paper meant at least the author had put some effort behind, and a every idea deserved attention. AI generated text breaks that assumption, and anybody uploading it is not acting in good faith.

And it's a unequal arms race, in which generating endless slop is way cheaper than storing it, because slop generators are subsidised (by operating at a loss) but arXiv has to pay the full price for their hosting.