About whether an AI turning 100 papers into a new one is plagiarism.
Has this happened?
Yes 61 (46%)Not sure 30 (23%)No 41 (31%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether an AI turning 100 papers into a new one is plagiarism.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
If AI really could "churn out a new scientific paper" we would all be ecstatically rejoicing in the dawning of an age of AGI. We are nowhere near that.