Bixonimania: How AI Turned a Joke Diagnosis into “Peer‑Reviewed” Medicine
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Swedish researchers created a fake eye disease to see whether AI chatbots would repeat it as if it were real. The results were anything but funny.
Posted by Leslie Eastman
Bixonimania: How AI Turned a Joke Diagnosis into “Peer‑Reviewed” Medicine
Swedish researchers created a fake eye disease to see whether AI chatbots would repeat it as if it were real. The results were anything but funny.
Posted by Leslie Eastman
Late last year, I warned about the staggering amount of unrestrained scientific fraud being published via paper mills and sham journals.
This trend is especially troubling, as adherence to scientific theory and rigorous, reproducible research allows humanity to make progress in critical fields essential to civilized living (e.g., medicine, energy, public health, and national security). If we can no longer trust the data, our ability to make improvements and innovations will be severely compromised.
Public trust in scientific research is already corroding, and false findings presented as “trustworthy” have already impacted policy-making in ways that are expensive and harmful.
No, the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence is adding another disturbing aspect to the increasing distortion of “science”.
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