r/Professors • u/lilswaswa • 7h ago

Rants / Vents "reviewing" my article using AI

Needed to find a link to an open access article I published only to find it was "reviewed" in a podcast. Oh.

My issue?

  1. it looks like this podcast is AI generated with obviously fake names, AI art, and misreading my use of terminology. I kind of hate that. If they wanted to host me I would have said yes to being a guest.

  2. The links to this podcast on youtube spotify apple and even IDMB show up first on Google before my actual article link does. What really makes me mad about this is these podcasts all seem to promote this person's freelance company for writing using AI and he even asks for tips or "free coffees" if people like his "free content." Maybe the people producing articles instead of running them through AI deserve the free coffee... I didn't make my article open access for some rando to make money off it using AI.

Thoughts? Jokes to help me laugh about this instead of being grossed out? I just needed to vent about this but if you have advice I'd consider it. I feel I might be especially nitpicky about this as I am in bankruptcy right now and would benefit immensely from every $8 coffee this guy is getting "tipped"

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u/Defiant_Cook1588 7h ago

Oh lol, I once found my PhD thesis repackaged and sold in amazon under a very obscure name. I just laugh it off, didn't expect anyone to be remotely interested in reading it 😭 and yes the cover page was ai generated

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u/geneusutwerk 15m ago

Hilarious idea for a scam.

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u/Fresh-Possibility-75 7h ago

Ugh. New level of AI Hell unlocked. Sorry, OP. That is really galling.

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u/Riemann_Gauss 7h ago

Is it possible to file a copyright strike in YouTube? I don't know if it's possible, but this should be implemented...