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Man if only the authors of such papers would write small summaries about the content and put them in the papers themselves or something
by juliangmp 4y ago
Man if only the authors of such papers would write small summaries about the content and put them in the papers themselves or something
- throwaway37495 4y agoIf only the abstracts they write were more often than not accurate and not attention-grabbing problem-ignoring pieces of crap that do not reflect the content of the actual paper, hoping investors/newspapers won't actually read the paper. This is a conflict of incentives. Whereas ArxivGPT has no reason not to tell the problems first.
- Al-Khwarizmi 4y agoYou're right that abstracts often have a positive bias that can sometimes border on dishonesty, but for most papers it's not a matter of investors or newspapers, but rather of getting the paper accepted to the conference or journal, especially if it's a highly selective one. It happens even in fields where there is no direct industry interest.
- throwaway37495 4y agoConferences are often done just because it's a requirement to get grants/continue to be sponsored by an university. Investors are not just VC/for-profit industry, academia system also counts.
- krona 4y agoWouldn't that be breaking academic kayfabe?