The Viral New "definition of Agi" Paper Has Fake Citations Which Do Not Exist
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A recent paper on the definition of AGI has been found to contain fake citations, raising concerns about academic integrity and the validity of the research.
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It's not fraud or bad paper. AI just faked the citations when real papers exist and 30+ authors was not enough to spot it.
We can't trust AI to to do valuable and simple manage menial work like keeping track of citations.