Researcher calls arXiv 'completely worthless' over lifetime bans for hallucinated AI citations
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-14
Researcher Rex Douglass says a possible lifetime ban over a single hallucinated (AI-generated) citation has made arXiv "completely worthless" to him. He adds that metascience work has long shown trash citations were always common—people just didn't care until fake references became a cheap signal for AI slop instead of human slop. The rant highlights how LLM-generated content is straining arXiv's moderation and citation-screening practices.
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