alt Hacker News> The authors warn the consequences are already becoming visible. AI-generated papers could overwhelm peer-review systems with low-quality work …
It seems like a key problem here is that peer-review is expected but not explicitly funded/rewarded while it is probably one of the aspects where humans still add a lot of value. Academia’s incentives are hugely misaligned (… as usual unfortunately).
Math is one field where you can mechanically prove a paper's findings. The only thing that would need to be judged is the (verified) statement's importance.