Citing non-existent articles
2025-12-19 20:38:28.809301+01 by
Dan Lyke
2 comments
Bluesky
thread from Ben Williamson, starting with reviewing a paper that referred to non-
existent sources on which he was allegedly a co-author, and then becomes a look at how AI
generated citations are polluting Google Scholar.
Via
Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social, who notes:
This is ridiculous. Consensual reality, the very idea that we inhabit an
understandable universe where any beliefs we have in common are grounded in verifiable
facts, is being destroyed before our very eyes.
[ related topics:
Artificial Intelligence
]
comments in ascending chronological order (reverse):
#Comment Re: Citing non-existent articles made: 2025-12-20 17:11:46.566821+01 by:
Definitely Not a Bot
We are going got have to digitally sign everything and also, somehow, not become even deeper slaves to FAANG.
#Comment Re: Citing non-existent articles made: 2025-12-22 18:42:53.148499+01 by:
Dan Lyke
Yeah, I'm thinking a lot about data management right now.
We will not edit your comments. However, we may delete your
comments, or cause them to be hidden behind another link, if we feel
they detract from the conversation. Commercial plugs are fine,
if they are relevant to the conversation, and if you don't
try to pretend to be a consumer. Annoying endorsements will be deleted
if you're lucky, if you're not a whole bunch of people smarter and
more articulate than you will ridicule you, and we will leave
such ridicule in place.