Cluster1 sources· last seen 1d ago· first seen 1d ago
AI research papers are getting better, and it’s a big problem for scientists
Last summer, Peter Degen's postdoctoral supervisor came to him with an unusual problem: One of his papers was being cited too much. Citations are the currency of academia, but there was something unusual about these. Published in 2017, the paper had assessed the accuracy of a particular type of stat
Lead: The Verge AIBigness: 4papersgettingbetterbigproblem
📡 Coverage
10
1 news source
🟠 Hacker News
0
🔴 Reddit
0
📈 Google Trends
0
Full methodology: How scoring works
Receipts (all sources)
AI research papers are getting better, and it’s a big problem for scientists
RSS · The Verge AI · 1d ago
score 106
Last summer, Peter Degen's postdoctoral supervisor came to him with an unusual problem: One of his papers was being cited too much. Citations are the currency of academia, but there was something unusual about these. Published in 2017, the paper had assessed the accuracy of a particular type of stat