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Study featuring AI-generated giant rat penis retracted entirely, journal apologizes (www.vice.com)

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Study featuring AI-generated giant rat penis retracted entirely, journal apologizes::A peer-reviewed study featured nonsensical AI images including a giant rat penis in the latest example of how generative AI has seeped into academia.

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[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I am not disagreeing that this is ridiculous, I was just saying that this stupidity is not what should convince people not to take some random paper for an absolute truth, just because it was published.

Even if you eliminate fraud, bullshit and even honest mistakes, that's just not how science works.