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Fake Scientific Paper Detector

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paper-unnoticed-amidst-conference-white-noise dept.

moon_monkey writes "Ever wondered whether a scientific paper was actually written by a robot? A new program developed by researchers at Indiana University promises to tell you one way or the other. It was actually developed in response to a prank by MIT researchers who generated a paper from random bits of text and got it accepted for a conference."

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  1. Turing test? by Nesetril · · Score: 5, Insightful

    so can a robot write a paper and then decide whether the paper was written by a robot (itself)?

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  2. Discrimination by hsmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope the ACLU will ensure that discrimination against metal people will not be allowed to continue.

  3. Re:An interesting experiment by irregular_hero · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This text had been classified as
    INAUTHENTIC
    with a 24.9% chance of being authentic text"

    No kidding.

  4. Self defeating? by benhocking · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems like it wouldn't be too difficult to modify the MIT program to use this new anti-robot robot to write papers that this anti-robot robot would not be able to detect. Ideally, this would be done with a learning algorithm (so that it could easily be extended to other anti-robot robot programs), but reverse-engineering the anti-robot robot (by humans) should also provide a solution.

    Now that Indiana U has thrown down the gauntlet, I wouldn't be surprised if MIT responds. Hopefully it will result in an even better paper-writing robot. Ideally, it will lead to dissertation-writing robots. :)

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    Ben Hocking
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    1. Re:Self defeating? by mctk · · Score: 5, Funny

      Eventually my students won't have to write papers and I won't have to grade them! Think of the potential application of this technology towards education!

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      Paul Grosfield - the quicker picker upper.
  5. Re:That's EASY! by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, peruse the blogosphere. On my Powerbook, wearing a black turtle neck and beret. Stroking my goatee thoughtfully. Sipping a latté in a café

    If I could just find a way to recharge my PowerBook from your hatred, I could stop carrying this ugly power adaptor.

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