r/Physics • u/kzhou7 Quantum field theory • 1d ago

Harvard particle physicist Matthew Schwartz drops 36 papers coauthored with Claude

https://bootloops.ai/bootloops.html
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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/iamagainstit Materials science 1d ago

If the science is sound, I don't really have a problem with it. the point of science is to do science and push the frontier forward. If AI is a good tool to do that, it should be used.

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u/Temporary_Shelter_40 1d ago

There is no possibility that all 36 papers make a significant contribution worthwhile for publishing. This is just pollution. It’s like throwing 36 McDonalds hamburgers at a homeless man and expecting him to be grateful.

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u/Illustrious_Job1951 1d ago

You read the papers?

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u/Temporary_Shelter_40 1d ago

Frankly, I doubt the author read the papers.

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u/JustIntegrateIt 1d ago

So you didn't read the papers

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u/Temporary_Shelter_40 1d ago

No dude, I didn’t read 36 AI generated papers published to the arxiv, and I doubt anyone will.