Peter Woit on AI Research, Scientific Credit and Integrity

A sourced history of statements and actions associated with this topic.

Disputes over authorship, credit, research conduct and publication practices involving artificial intelligence and scientific work.

Scope: Covers attributable disagreements over contributions, publication pressure, collaboration and use of research material. Treats mathematical correctness, authorship conduct and data-access allegations as separate questions.

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Woit argues AI-assisted mathematical announcements should disclose methods, prompts, training data and timing so priority and process can be examined.

“exactly how was this done?”

Speaker capacity: Signed author of Not Even Wrong
Editorial rationale: Concrete process demand without claiming independently to have established the disputed facts.

Peter Woit: A Modest Proposal (opens in a new tab)

Signed essay calls for detailed methods, prompt and training disclosure. It also discusses rumors; the dossier does not adopt those rumors as facts.

View context Did OpenAI improperly pressure mathematicians over authorship and credit?