~30% of US STEM PhD dissertations this year contain AI-generated text
docmilanfar · x · 2026-10-17
Google research scientist Shan Milanfar shares a Nature report saying "This is encouraging. I expected a higher percentage." Nature found that roughly 30% of PhD dissertations in US STEM subjects this year contained AI-generated text; the report also notes PhD students who write dissertations with AI are less likely to stay in academia.
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