Scalene is Chris Leonard's newsletter on AI and peer review — tracking the possibility that AI assists or outright generates reviews, against the backdrop of a review system that increasingly can't staff itself.
Benefits & outcomes
A running commentary on the strain in peer review: publishers now invite 20+ reviewers to land 2 acceptances.
Keeps the ethical and practical questions in circulation rather than settled by default.
Notes & quotes
"AI will be able to write 'better-than-human' peer reviews within the next 5 years."
"Objections to AI in peer review are frequently based on assumptions that the current exponential increase in capabilities will stop."
Publisher / company: Chris Leonard (affiliated with Cactus Communications)
Date of mention: 22/05/2024
Source: https://scalene-peer-review.beehiiv.com/p/scalene-1-hello-world