Re: Misconduct

2024-01-17 Thread Jonathan WRIGHT
On 17/01/2024 09:40, Reinhard Kleeberg wrote: > "Automated mineralogy" Dear Colleagues, It sounds like there crisis for this community? I didn't see anyone mention the AI story that was also in the news:

Re: Misconduct

2024-01-17 Thread Alan W Hewat
Dear Rienhard Yes everything is AI now, and people often prefer that to thinking for themselves. I have nothing against automation as a human aid, but there is a temptation with "black box" software to just click the "Refine Everything" button and copy-paste the results. There is a problem when AI

Re: Misconduct

2024-01-17 Thread Reinhard Kleeberg
Dear Alan, I agree completely, especially with the evaluation of the "quality" of the paper triggering the discussion. Regarding misleading and capturing terminology in analytical methods, I have an IMHO more serious, horrible example: "Automated mineralogy"