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'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers

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177 points ohjeez | 1 comments | 05 Jul 25 15:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dynm ◴[05 Jul 25 16:09 UTC] No.44473682[source]▶
Just to be clear, these are hidden prompts put in papers by authors meant to be triggered only if a reviewer (unethically) uses AI to generate their review. I guess this is wrong, but I find it hard not to have some sympathy for the authors. Mostly, it seems like an indictment of the whole peer-review system.
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IshKebab ◴[05 Jul 25 18:15 UTC] No.44474483[source]▶
I wouldn't say it's wrong, and I haven't seen anyone articulate clearly why it would be wrong.
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adastra22 ◴[05 Jul 25 18:40 UTC] No.44474637[source]▶
Because it would end up favoring research that may or may not be better than the honestly submitted alternative which doesn't make the cut, thereby lowering the quality of the published papers for everyone.
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1. birn559 ◴[05 Jul 25 19:22 UTC] No.44474895[source]▶
It ends up favoring research that may or may not be better than the honestly reviewed alternative, thereby lowering the quality of published papers in journal where reviewers tend to rely on AI.