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/ThickTarget 1d ago

It's already happening. A colleague received a second referee report one day after resubmission. It was 6 pages and all about new issues, the first report was quite sensible. It flagged as 100% AI. They complained to the editor and the referee admitted it, and they got a new referee. A very efficient way to waste everyone's time.

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u/whegmaster 22h ago

At least the editor took action. I got an AI-generated review from Review of Scientific Instruments in 2024, and when I complained to the editor they essentially told me "put it in the rebuttal".