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Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by groceryheist on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @02:36AM (#28138781)
I'm dying. Table 1 is incredible. It's machine learning jargon from a parallel universe. "counterfeit consciousness" "fog computing" "information stockroom" "profound neural organization" "credulous Bayes" "mean supreme blunder"
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by cblconfederate on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:36AM (#28139146)
> machine learning

Did you mean apparatus scholarship?

Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by Sharlin on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:15AM (#28139359)
From a coextending cosmos.
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by scrps on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:28AM (#28142413)
Fog computing is real. It occurs during the period between waking up and the first instance of caffeination.
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by Angostura on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:37AM (#28139150)
The thing is - I really like counterfeit consciousness in some contexts - where the AI is being used deceptively.
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by tremon on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:06AM (#28139726)
The phrase is perhaps apt in some cases, but the term consciousness has no universal scientific definition. I would therefore not expect to see it used in a serious manner in a scientific paper.
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by Angostura on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:35AM (#28143294)
Does the term "Intelligence" have a universal scientific definition, then?
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by mmwelt on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:43AM (#28139202)
"designs preparing unit" = graphics processing unit (GPU)

"focal preparing unit" = central processing unit (CPU)

"individual computerized collaborator" = personal digital assistant (PDA)

It really is quite hilarious.

Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by duskwuff on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:01AM (#28139294)
And, branching out to biology: "underground creepy crawly province" -- among others -- for "ant colony".

What all of these phrases have in common is that their words have been individually replaced with synonyms, with no regard to context. The author correctly identifies this behavior as characteristic of a text spinning service -- I've seen the same sort of thing frequently in spam.

Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by duskwuff on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:45PM (#28145198)
Followup:

The phrase "underground creepy crawly", in isolation, appears to be unique to whatever text spinning tool is being used to generate these papers. A Google search for that phrase turns up dozens of suspicious papers full of other tortured phrases.

Notably, this phrase is not used by Spinbot. It only uses "insect" or "subterranean insect" as substitutes for "ant".

Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by barrkel on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:37AM (#28139934)
They also sound like mistranslations from round-tripping through another language.
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by bodge5000 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:27AM (#28139874)
"language input implement" = keyboard

"muscle directed navigational utensil" = mouse

Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by BasDirks on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:56AM (#28140078)
Keyboard = piano Mouse = rat
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by darwingr on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:26AM (#28139865)
"fog computing" is an actual thing though, was discussed in one of my undergrad courses.
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by kuroguro on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:46AM (#28140397)
Oh god, it's already spreading! /s
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by tannhaeuser on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:51AM (#28140045)
+1 for haze figuring (cloud computing)
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by sturza on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:33AM (#28139121)
I came here to hahaha at the same thing
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by dandellion on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:08AM (#28140169)
Now I want to read some papers about reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits or in-sewer-ants-policy.
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by throwaway4220 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @12:36PM (#28144267)
Motion:commotion = signal:noise? Gullible bayes? hahaha
Re:A dubious writing style emerging in science by pwdisswordfish8 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:49AM (#28140417)
It’s almost like reading software patents.

> counterfeit consciousness

That’s the proof right there that the AI field is full of closeted Marxists.