Resisting AI slop

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Authors: H. Holden Thorp
Cited by: 14

Abstract

It’s hard to talk about any topic in science or education today without the subject of artificial intelligence (AI) coming up—whether large language models should be allowed to aid in searching for a scientific paper or even to write or review the paper itself. In some of the wildest speculations, the humans involved in conducting scientific studies and experiments and vetting the results for publication will be steadily eliminated from the process. But when such grandiose rhetoric starts flying, we at Science try to keep calm and carry on in contributing to a robust, human-curated research literature that will stand the test of time.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Genetics Bioinformatics and Biomedical Research Scientific Computing and Data Management Research Data Management Practices

Publication details

Journal / source
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Volume
391
Issue
6780
Pages
5–5
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN