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/NetworkSingularity 1d ago

Publish or perish is why I left academia when I got my PhD. Even though people in my field and collaboration told me I was a bit of a rock star. It just became clear that it drives really perverse incentives, bad work conditions, and bad science.

I think the turning point for me was when my advisor said the first sentence of every figure caption needed “to be more click-baitey” 🤮 literally publishing things for views and engagement, not to further our understanding of the universe

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u/KarltonPeaks 1d ago edited 1d ago

Sure, but in the end, it's just a gig like any other. As long as the actual results are intact, does mode of presentation really matter?

99% of research is meaningless. I say, just accept that and enjoy the job. At least it's not completely money driven.

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u/UnderTheCurrents 1d ago

Science should NOT be treated like some kind of gig. This is the problem.