The Risks of Artificial Intelligence and the Internet on Scientific Research
Kent Anderson and Moore discussed how business models altered by artificial intelligence threaten scientific integrity through fraudulent research.
Authors Kent Anderson and Joy Moore published the book 'How the Internet Disrupted Science' to draw attention to the risks posed by the internet and artificial intelligence to scientific research.
Although the internet and artificial intelligence offer extraordinary opportunities to advance science, the risks in these areas must be carefully managed to protect scientific integrity. In 1998, Dr. Andrew Wakefield published a flawed paper linking the MMR vaccine to autism, which was later retracted by The Lancet. With Google also being founded that same year, the online world provided unprecedented access to misleading scientific claims.
'How the Internet Disrupted Science' authors Kent Anderson and Joy Moore warned about the dangers that publishing business models shaped by the internet and artificial intelligence pose to scientific research. The book was released to draw attention to the growing volume of fake or low-quality academic articles and to propose solutions to protect scientific integrity.