Science Becomes Bureaucracy
Efforts to enmesh scientists in more non-science tasks will only slow progress
Kent Anderson
Friday Song: “In the Air Tonight”
In December 2017, Phil Collins posted a Tweet suggesting that if you start playing his 1981 hit, “In the Air Tonight” at 11:56:40 on New Year’s Eve, the iconic drum break will commence right as midnight strikes and the new year starts.
Ever since then, this bit
Did ChatGPT Write That Article?
Abstracts and papers via ChatGPT? You may already be seeing them . . . and then what?
Using ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a new AI agent released late last year by OpenAI. It has been hyped by some as the next level of AI, possibly capable of passing the Turing Test someday.
It has a distance to go if that’s the goal, because right now it’s insufferable.
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Holiday Leftovers
A platter of updates and ideas to get you started in the New Year
Friday Song: “Americans”
As we end 2022, let's move toward a brighter vision in which we all matter
Preprint Studies’ Red Flags
Studies of preprints are routinely tendentious and flawed, and there are common red flags
Stories of the Year
A few stories informed 2022, and are worthy of review — including one that hints at a more accountable 2023
Song: “Christmas in Hollis”
A reluctant hip-hop contribution has become a holiday classic — and helps fund the Special Olympics
The New Gatekeepers
The new gatekeepers have to earn our trust, and they are not behaving as if they care