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If 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
by throwaway37495 4y ago
If 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.