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Shahan Ali Memon

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Researching {science of AI-mediated science, metascience #SciSci, #AI4Science, generative #AI, LLMs, agents, alignment, misinformation in science} PhD @ UW. Visiting @ NYU & MSR Alum @ Carnegie Mellon Academic webpage: https://samemon.github.io

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · Nov 27

🚨 I recently came across a weird case of #AI in #preprints, with implications for burdening #SciComm with AI-mediated #PredatoryPublishing

What did I find? Issues with the article, questionable behavior by the author, indexing problems, and AI's potential for streamlining predatory publishing.

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 24d

This.

Much of the "AI Scientist" community focuses on an instrumentalist rather taylorist approach to science. What about the goal of "knowing" and "understanding" the world?

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#ScienceOfAIMediatedScience #ScAISci #AI4Science

Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 24d

The vision of human-out-of-the-loop science fundamentally mistakes what knowledge production is. It aims at the production of, wait for it, knowledge: a thing that definitionally involves an epistemic agent or agents, unless you are theistic about it.

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 4d

aaai.org/aaai-launche...

AAAI Launches AI-Powered Peer Review Assessment System - AAAI

AAAI, a leading nonprofit dedicated to advancing scientific research and collaboration, launches AI-Powered peer review assessment system.

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 4d

Disclaimer: None of this exists. It's a fictional system I designed for a speculative design class two years ago of how AI might shape peer review in the near future.

With AAAI's integration of AI into peer review this year, it is starting to sound less like fiction.

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 4d

The future of peer review is here. And it already thinks your methods section could be clearer!!!

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 4d

Finally, a human editor makes the decision, because even in the age of AI, disappointment still requires that personal touch.

Our AI-mediated peer review is where efficiency meets empathy, and automation meets accountability.

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 4d

Our commitment extends beyond authors.. we take model welfare seriously. Each AI reviewer receives regular fine-tuning, positive reinforcement, and mandatory rest periods between harsh reviews.

Because burnout is not just a human problem.

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 4d

In the Revise & Resubmit stage, the AI editor evaluates whether your revisions sufficiently address the AI's earlier concerns. This recursive feedback loop optimizes accountability and fairness.

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 4d

Once the AI completes its assessment, the manuscript and its feedback are sent to the corresponding human reviewer. This ensures continuity between synthetic and organic judgment..a seamless collaboration between flesh and code. A true human-AI collaboration.

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 4d

The AI reviewer conducts the first evaluation, drawing on vast datasets of historical feedback.

Its responses mirror authentic reviewer behavior: critical, contradictory, and confidently uncertain.

It's the most authentic automated human peer review you will ever experience at a lightening speed.

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 4d

Unlike generic systems like #ChatGPT, we're proudly human- and ethics-centered. Oh yes. When you submit your paper, you pick an AI trained to mimic a specific human reviewer's style.

We give you a choice to be judged by the robot you chose yourself. We believe in your agency!

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 4d

The future of peer review is here.

Introducing Nature Instant!

We've automated rejection so you can get disappointed faster. Because why wait 6 months for reviewer 2 when you can get roasted by an #AI in seconds?

Here is how it works.

#AI4Science #PeerReview #FictionScience #FiSci #AAAI #ScAISci

Showing a fictitious system for submitting manuscripts called "Nature Instant" showing bot choices for authors to choose from as initial AI-based peer reviewers. The bots are trained on real human reviewer data.

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 10d

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 12d

Of course :)

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 12d

OpenAI's VP for education recently said the company wanted to become "core infrastructure" for schools and universities. Any infrastructure, though, always depends on habituating users to its technical affordances - so I've been trying to track how it's doing that 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...

Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.

www.nytimes.com

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 12d

Please share to help us increase access & support.

#diversity #phdchat #phdchat #phdvoice #academicSky

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 12d

3) Student Panel on October 29th 2025: ischool.uw.edu/events/2025/...

Ph.D. in Information Science Information Session with Faculty Panel

Interested in learning more about the Ph.D. program at the University of Washington iSchool? Join us at a virtual information session! Interested in a...

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 12d

2) Faculty Panel on October 10th 2025: ischool.uw.edu/events/2025/...

Ph.D. in Information Science Information Session with Faculty Panel

Interested in learning more about the Ph.D. program at the University of Washington iSchool? Join us at a virtual information session! Interested in a...

ischool.uw.edu

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 12d

We also have a few upcoming information sessions to look out for (29 Sept, 10 Oct, 29 Oct '25):

1) General Info Session on 29th September 2025: ischool.uw.edu/events/2025/...

Ph.D. in Information Science Information Session

Interested in learning more about the Ph.D. program at the University of Washington iSchool? Join us at a virtual information session! Interested in a...

ischool.uw.edu

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 12d

Link: tinyurl.com/UW-ischool-f...

2025 UW iSchool PhD Applicant Feedback Program

The 2025 University of Washington Information School (iSchool) Applicant Feedback Program is a student-run feedback program committed to assisting Ph.D. applicants, with a focus on those historically ...

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 12d

Applying for a #PhD @ischool.uw.edu? Read 👇

Our student-run application feedback program will be open from October 20th through 1st November 2025.

Everyone applying, especially those from historically underrepresented groups or who have faced barriers in higher ed are highly encouraged to apply.

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Dalmeet Singh Chawla @dalmeet.bsky.social · 12d

Early-career researchers more likely than others to stop publishing after a retraction — my latest for @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@shahanmemon.bsky.social, @fangferric.bsky.social

Retractions can reshape scientists’ careers in unexpected ways

Institutions and publishers need to weigh context carefully and provide support when needed, says the author of a new study on the issue.

www.nature.com

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 13d

1/ Exciting paper by @sh1m.bsky.social & Sophia Liu 🔥
“hypertext systems emphasize provenance, associative thinking, and user-driven meaning-making, while algorithmic systems tend to obscure process and flatten participation” arxiv.org/abs/2507.235...

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 14d

A great resource by Jacob Wobbrock on when to use which: depts.washington.edu/acelab/proj/...

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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 14d

Mandatory screenshot save as the “instructor on record” 🥳

Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 14d

4) On-paper quizzes to ensure we’re not losing the spirit of learning in the AI era.

Designing and #teaching a course like this is both challenging and rewarding. My goal is to teach students how to leverage #AI as a tool while not killing the spirit of problem solving and understanding.

Onwards..

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