http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/
"Since the early days of the pandemic, I’ve observed an increase in the number
of spammy submissions to
Clarkesworld. What I mean by that is that there’s an
honest interest in being published, but not in having to do the actual work. Up
until recently, these were almost entirely cases of plagiarism, first by
replacing the author’s name and then later by use of programs designed to “make
it your own.” The latter often results in rather ham-fisted results like this
one I received in 2021:
Sitting on its three years' experience, the fittest Shell was originally the
size of more android subliminal observations than any other single subject
in the Grandma. Obey three hundred retorts can't even a couple was issued
for wages to the apparently that dropped the storage station.
These are the same sentences from the original story, “Human Error” by Raymond
F. Jones, published in
If (April 1956).
During its three years' existence, the first Wheel was probably the subject
of more amateur astronomical observations than any other single object in
the heavens. Over three hundred reports came in when a call was issued for
witnesses to the accident that destroyed the space station.
These cases were often easy to spot and infrequent enough that they were only a
minor nuisance. Sometimes it would pick up for a month or two, but overall
growth was very slow and number of cases stayed low. Anyone caught plagiarizing
was banned from future submissions. Some even had the nerve to complain about
it. “But I really need the money.”
Towards the end of 2022, there was another spike in plagiarism and then “AI”
chatbots started gaining some attention, putting a new tool in their arsenal
and encouraging more to give this “side hustle” a try. It quickly got out of
hand"
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
