AI Makes Faking It Easier, Highlighting the Catnip of Verifiability
RexDouglass · x · 2026-08-24
A discussion on the impact of AI on academic writing and metascience. The author notes that while most people surgically regurgitate existing content to sound original, AI allows even less capable individuals to fake high-level competence. This isn't necessarily better than detectable incompetence, but the resulting 'easy verifiability' is highly tempting.
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