Stephen Downes

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"Artificial intelligence will have a substantial impact on journal publication," according to this report (20 page PDF), which I wrote. The article "surveys existing examples, practices, and tools" but more importantly points to "the wider trend, which sees new practices being developed at every point of the research publication process. That is why not only are AI trends useful, so are trends that also challenge the model of publishing itself, such as the Octopus project." Indeed, for example, "Perhaps the journal should be something else entirely. Perhaps one part of it could function as a pre-registration of empirical research with another part devoted to replicating previous results, and yet another for theoretical integration (assuming we have a common understanding of the role of theory in an era of mass data)." Image: Scholarly World.

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