Paleonet: Mucking about with ChatGPT

[David Campbell]

At least one AI-generated fake taxonomy paper has been spotted already,
though on recent rather than paleo.

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 5:54 AM Jere H. Lipps <jlipps at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> From Nature:
> "Large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, could become regular
> assistants for writing manuscripts, peer-review reports and grant
> applications. These artificial-intelligence (AI) tools could change how
> scientists interrogate and summarize results
> <https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=cfe46567db&e=69bb79007c>,
> producing ‘papers on demand’ from experimental data and vastly expanding
> the scope of meta-analyses and reviews. But publishers worry that LLMs’
> propensity to make up information might lead to a flood of error-strewn
> manuscripts — and possibly AI-assisted fakes. And because LLMs trawl
> Internet content without concern for bias, consent or copyright, their use
> is “automated plagiarism by design”, suggests cognitive scientist Iris van
> Rooij."
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> I'm not certain that it's plagiarism.  AI does not always copy material
> but mixes it up with paraphrased stuff.  Stealing the material to begin
> with is another issue.
>
> Jere
> Jere H. Lipps
> jlipps at berkeley.edu
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> On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 6:23 AM John Pandolfi <j.pandolfi at uq.edu.au>
> wrote:
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>> I’d still take Richard Cowen’s ‘History of Life’ limerick collection over
>> ChatGPT any day of the week!
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>> *From: *Paleonet <paleonet-bounces+j.pandolfi=uq.edu.au at paleonet.org> on
>> behalf of David Kopaska-Merkel <davidkm at gsa.state.al.us>
>> *Date: *Wednesday, 11 October 2023 at 10:12 am
>> *To: *PaleoNet <paleonet at paleonet.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: Paleonet: Mucking about with ChatGPT
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>> This may be an appropriately unserious use of AI, but this limerick isn’t
>> ready for prime time. It doesn’t follow the required meter. Most
>> AI-generated text has serious problems like this, thank Ghu!
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>> David
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>> David C. Kopaska-Merkel
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>> Geological Survey of Alabama
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>> Box 869999
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>> Tuscaloosa AL 35486-6999
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>> 205-247-3695
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>> dkm at gsa.state.al.us
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>> he/him/his
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>> *From:* Paleonet <paleonet-bounces+davidkm=gsa.state.al.us at paleonet.org> *On
>> Behalf Of *Daniel Phelps
>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 8, 2023 5:41 PM
>> *To:* PaleoNet <paleonet at paleonet.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: Paleonet: Mucking about with ChatGPT
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>> I never use ChatGPT for anything serious:
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> > On Oct 8, 2023, at 3:54 PM, David Campbell <pleuronaia at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > More generally, many online tools make it easy to get
>> authoritative-looking output from doubtful data.  Checking the actual
>> information behind a result is essential.
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>> > --
>> > Dr. David Campbell
>> > Associate Professor, Geology
>> > Department of Natural Sciences
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>> > Boiling Springs NC 28017
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Dr. David Campbell
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