AI boosts science productivity — but mostly spawns spam papers, says Ehud Reiter
EhudReiter · x · 2026-09-23
AI is improving research productivity, but Ehud Reiter argues the result so far is a flood of low-quality spam and mediocre papers, with no visible rise in the truly high-quality research science needs. He suggests blame lies with perverse academic incentives that prioritize quantity.
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