AI Is Not Outright Plagiarism, But It Is Being Used For Outright Plagiarism, Which Means It Is Destroying The Reputation Of All Scientific & Technical Publications!

On the question of identifying plagiarism, I should have enough experience, having had a total of 14 years editing technical publications:

(a) my typewriter days 1975-1980, in Forestry, as Founder and The Editor In Chief of 3 publications of the Forest Research Institute (FORI): monthly newsletter Canopy, quarterly technical journal Sylvatrop, and quarterly color magazine Habitat;

(b) my digital days 2000-2007, in Agriculture, as The Editor In Chief of the Philippine Journal of Crop Science (PJCS), during which years I made the PJCS up-to-date from being late by 9 issues, all the while bringing up its quality to be included in the international elite list called “ISI” (now “Web Of Knowledge”).

Additionally, I have also edited theses: bachelor, masteral, and doctoral.

Even with such extensive experience, by myself I do not believe I can quite detect plagiarism in a paper submitted for publication. That is how complicated AI plagiarism is!
(image sources: “Originality,” winpro.com.sg, “Plagiarism,” savannahstate.libguides.com)

Today, I saw ABS-CBN publish/republish on this topic: ANN’s “Flood Of 'Junk': How AI Is Changing Scientific Publishing” (Author Not Named, 10 Aug 2024, Agence France-Presse, news.abs-cbn.com):

An infographic of a rat with a preposterously large penis. Another showing human legs with way too many bones. An introduction that starts: "Certainly, here is a possible introduction for your topic."

That is too easy to detect, an exaggeration to make a point.

(Those) are a few of the most egregious examples of artificial intelligence that have recently made their way into scientific journals, shining a light on the wave of AI-generated text and images washing over the academic publishing industry.

Yes, today the academic publications are quite vulnerable to plagiarism. I believe that is because there is too high an academic value given to “papers published in reputable journals” by many scientists.

ANN says:

All the experts emphasized that AI programs such as ChatGPT can be a helpful tool for writing or translating papers – if thoroughly checked and disclosed.

“No, not for writing papers!” I Editor am saying. If allowed, or if the editors are not watching, everyone would be writing via AI!

,,, It is thought to be ChatGPT, a chatbot launched in November 2022, that has most changed how the world's researchers present their findings.

What’s the worst that can happen with AI plagiarism? ANN says:

…There are also fears that the errors, inventions and unwitting plagiarism by AI could increasingly erode society's trust in science.

That is to say, if allowed to exist and be used with impunity, AI as Technology is going to undermine Science!

Now then, scientists should play active parts in defeating AI use in publications – which is easier said than done.

Andrew Gray, a librarian at University College London, has “determined that at least 60,000 papers involved the use of AI in 2023 – over one percent of the annual total.”

At this point, what I can say is that AI plagiarism will bring about the end of AI itself!@517