AI being used to churn out deluge of dodgy scientific research


Research say since the advent of AI, there has been a surge in papers that look scientific but don’t hold up to scrutiny. — Photo: Leonie Asendorpf/dpa

LONDON: Easy access to artificial intelligence (AI) has made medical and health research less scientifically rigorous and has facilitated a "flood" of shoddy journal papers full of superficial analyses based on "cherry-picked" data, a new study reports.

According to the University of Surrey and University of Aberystwyth, leaning on AI leads to the "production of large numbers of formulaic single-factor analyses" when a broader approach would likely better assess the range of possible causes of diseases.

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