
01/06/2025
Let's be very clear: "Formatting issues" occur when the fonts, indents, spacing and other layouts on a document get jumbled. Think converting a Google Doc to another format, or vice versa, and everything is misaligned. "Formatting issues" would not erroneously paste a scientist's name and other citation factors under a research statement, even if the research did happen. The question was/is not "did the way the document listed the citations do so correctly?" The point being made is that the document listed research and citations that do not exist. No formatting issue has the ability to create and add lines that do not exist, unless a human tells it to do so, hence the reporter asking about the use of A.I. I am literally taking a pre-req in research paper writing right now and even I know this after just starting the course. It's insulting and most of the population might believe it because, to no fault of their own, how would they know more about how research is cited? Or that A.I. cannot do this on its own? The very people who take this as fact are the ones being taken advantage of the most. It's heartbreaking.