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A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data

submitted by happytoes to science 2 monthsApr 15, 2025 08:37:42 ago (+20/-0)     (theconversation.com)

https://theconversation.com/a-weird-phrase-is-plaguing-scientific-papers-and-we-traced-it-back-to-a-glitch-in-ai-training-data-254463

The phrase is "vegetative electron microscopy" and it was created by scanning errors in the early names of scanning paper documents into computers. Most of the article is angst about the scientific literature getting corrupted.


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So you're completely ignorant of the things you hold strong sentiment for. Classic. Calling me a fucking curry nigger because I'm using a tool is ridiculous. It's like talking shit to a carpenter because he uses a drill instead of a screw driver.