[ih] Launch of The Internet Ecosystem Book

[Rich Kulawiec]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2026 at 03:48:29PM -0500, John Day via Internet-history wrote:
> I expected AI to be the death of science, but not from this.
> 
> The next question is, is it as bad in other fields: biology, chemistry, physics, etc. I assume it is.

It is just as bad, e.g.:

	AI paper mills are swamping science with garbage studies - The Register
	https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/ai_junk_science_papers/

	"Positive review only": Researchers hide AI prompts in papers - Nikkei Asia
	https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/artificial-intelligence/positive-review-only-researchers-hide-ai-prompts-in-papers

	Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics "overwhelmed" by the millions published | Peer review and scientific publishing | The Guardian
	https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/13/quality-of-scientific-papers-questioned-as-academics-overwhelmed-by-the-millions-published

	arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated "Research" Papers
	https://www.404media.co/arxiv-changes-rules-after-getting-spammed-with-ai-generated-research-papers/

	AI conference's papers contaminated by AI hallucinations - The Register
	https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/22/neurips_papers_contaiminated_ai_hallucinations/

---rsk