Facing an...unusual...review for my PhD dissertation, I re-created their strangest argument nearly word for word and in the same order with my first one-sentence prompt to Copilot.

Head exploding.

@tootstorm

So the student has used CoPilot to write his / her dissertation, I agree with the other comments here that is not a good thing. I do understand students are under both time and probably financial pressure to get things written on time but at this level one should surely be able to write properly.

@zleap
No, other way around — someone reviewing the op's diss did so via llm instead of writing their own review
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@dymaxion
LLMs are next token predictors. If the produced result looks incoherent then it's a good sign that your thesis brings something new. So thumbs up!

I wish you the best dealing with "academia" AI-slop.

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