Research paper lists co-authors as 'et al.', sparking worries about AI-era science norms
joelbot3000 · x · 2026-09-21
- Joel Becker flagged a paper PDF whose author list literally reads "et al." — the actual co-authors aren't even named. "I would be pissed if my co-authors just glossed my name in the paper itself."
- He adds that such call-outs may be futile given hype's attention dynamics, but without norm enforcement the scientific commons can't survive — hence his worry about the near-term future of science.
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