Economist podcast: 'AI slop can swamp the scientific community,' peer review needs an overhaul
james_y_zou · x · 2026-11-05
Stanford's James Zou appears on The Economist's "Babbage" podcast to argue that "AI slop can swamp the scientific community" — autonomous AI research demands an overhaul of how science is vetted.
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