We have rare but not unheard of issues with academic fraud. LLMs fake data and lie at the drop of a hat
We have rare but not unheard of issues with academic fraud. LLMs fake data and lie at the drop of a hat
We can do both known and novel reproductions. Like with both LLM training process and human learning, it's valuable to take it in two broad steps:
1) Internalize fully-worked examples, then learn to reproduce them from memory;
2) Train on solving problems for which you know the results but have to work out intermediate steps yourself (looking at the solution before solving the task)
And eventually:
3) Train on solving problems you don't know the answer to, have your solution evaluated by a teacher/judge (that knows the actual answers).
Even parroting existing papers is very valuable, especially early on, when the model is learning how papers and research looks like.