[i2km]

This is going to be the concrete block which finally breaks the back of the academic peer review system, i.e. it's going to be a DDoS attack on a system which didn't even handle the load before LLMs.

Maybe we'll need to go back to some sort of proof-of-work system, i.e. only accepting physical mailed copies of manuscripts, possibly hand-written...

[thomasahle]

I tried Prism, but it's actually a lot more work than just using claude code. The latter allows you to "vibe code" your paper with no manual interaction, while Prism actually requires you review every change.

I actually think Prism promotes a much more responsible approach to AI writing than "copying from chatgpt" or the likes.

[haspok]

> This is going to be the concrete block which finally breaks the back of the academic peer review system

Exactly, and I think this is good news. Let's break it so we can fix at last. Nothing will happen until a real crisis emerges.

[suddenlybananas]

There's problems with the medical system, therefore we should set hospitals on fire to motivate them to make them better.

[port11]

Disrupting a system without good proposals for its replacement sounds like a recipe for disaster.

[butlike]

Reign of terror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror

[reciprocity]

Very myopic comment.

[aembleton]

Maybe Open AI will sell you 'Lens' which will assist with sorting through the submissions and narrow down the papers worth reviewing.

[jltsiren]

Or it makes gatekeepers even more important than before. Every submission to a journal will be desk-rejected, unless it is vouched for by someone one of the editors trusts. And people won't even look at a new paper, unless it's vouched for by someone / published in a venue they trust.

[make3]

Overleaf basically already has the same thing

[csomar]

That will just create a market for hand-writers. Good thing the economy is doing very well right, so there aren't that many desperate people who will do it en-masse and for peanuts.

[boxed]

Handwriting is super easy to fake with plotters.

[eternauta3k]

Is there something out there to simulate the non-uniformity and errors of real handwriting?

[4gotunameagain]

> i.e. only accepting physical mailed copies of manuscripts, possibly hand-written...

And you think the indians will not hand write the output of LLMs ?

Not that I have a better suggestion myself..