GPT-4 ends era of academic rebranding with world-class novelty audits
RexDouglass · x · 2026-08-31
The author argues that the era of academics rebranding old ideas as original discoveries ended abruptly in 2023 with the release of GPT-4. Current models now offer world-class novelty audits, making it nearly impossible for plagiarists or genuine "Ramanujans" to claim pre-existing ideas as their own.
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