Post #525758
2026-02-06 08:49 UTC
if you ramp up the production of information, you need better discernment, because your capacity limitations haven’t just magically increased
without better discernment things will break *even if* the quality of the additional information is high ….
it’s not just “AI slop” that’s a problem, just helping regular scientists to produce more is damaging if we don’t simultaneously provide better tools for discernment (human and technical) - but if anything, we are weakening those (e,g. by de-skilling)….
that’s a disastrous feedback loop in the making…
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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2026-02-08 11:48
@UlrikeHahn > without better discernment things will break *even if* the quality of the additional information is high This is such an important point! See my recent discussion with @Ooze about the potential of adding a pre-peer-review layer to preprint servers. More reviewers doesn't improve the review process. Unless there are mechanisms for filtering out low effort or out-of-context reviews, and surfacing the most accurate, detailed and relevant ones (we agree there are ways to do that).