I assumed it was tongue in cheek, but the end of the article really convinced me that the author is serious about his ‘let it get worse so it can get better pro

I assumed it was tongue in cheek, but the end of the article really convinced me that the author is serious about his ‘let it get worse so it can get better proposal’ stance. “Widespread fraud would force us to re-strengthen our community’s academic norms, transforming the way we do research, and improving our collective ability to progress humanity’s knowledge. “So this is a call to action: please commit more academic fraud. [...] “Let’s make explicit academic fraud commonplace enough to cast doubt into the minds of every scientist reading an AI paper. Overall, science will benefit.” Given the number of people in academics and politics and software and just about any field who argue from the ‘let’s burn it down and rebuild it’ position, even if it is satire, it’s basically impossible to tell.