Until you change the incentive structure of academia you will continue to see people fear losing their status and use AI as a way to fast-track productivity bc academia doesn't currently value the meaningful production of knowledge, only the performance of producing it.
Lazy use of AI by half-ass researchers is putting digital asbestos everywhere, which will be a huge pain in the ass to clean up.
Just do your damn job as a scholar or let someone else with more integrity and competence have your position.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.
