AI could erode science by flooding research with credible slop
rbhar90 · x · 2026-07-27
The author argues that AI could damage human scientific institutions in a more mundane but serious way than classic doomer scenarios.
Main points:
- Scientific credit and discovery attribution are key incentives for researchers, and AI may weaken them.
- Peer review could become much harder as convincing AI-generated slop floods the literature.
- The result could be a shock to research institutions already stressed by funding cuts.
The post frames this as a plausible institutional risk rather than a dramatic extinction-style warning.
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