I can't help but wonder whether the real implication of #ratgate is the realisation of how much the model of #OpenScience people have been working toward is threatened by the advent of #LLMs -
full #OpenAccess suddenly means not just access for people, but also training machines, and the more those can generate content (including online post-peer review comments!) and flood the ecosystem, the more gate keeping will be required
I think many people have that intuition (I myself do), the problem I see is about making that difference stick in practice (if that's what one wants to do). I don't think that's easy and I'm inclined to suspect that neither the regulatory nor the technical tools we currently have are fit for purpose for enabling that.
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