paper-machine comments on Open Problems Related to the Singularity (draft 1) - Less Wrong

39 Post author: lukeprog 13 December 2011 10:57AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 14 December 2011 01:23:18PM *  1 point [-]

It would a be a breach of research ethics for some "lesser light" (really?) to merely rewrite the TDT paper, add Yudkowsky as a coauthor, and publish it. At minimum, to qualify for coauthorship, Yudkowsky would have to review and approve the draft, and that process could take an indefinite amount of time.

Anything else would still be at worst plagiarism, and at best fradulent authorship.

Comment author: JoshuaFox 14 December 2011 02:27:26PM *  1 point [-]

Certainly, EY would have to serve as a coauthor if the published article was closely based on the original, and of course he would have to agree to that.

But I think that coauthorship is a less likely scenario, and the first idea I mentioned--- use of certain key ideas with citation -- is a more likely one.

Comment author: shminux 14 December 2011 05:53:39PM 2 points [-]

Citing an existing write-up in your own research paper adding something new to the TDT, or in an explicitly educational/expository non-research paper is OK. Rewriting existing ideas as your own research paper is not.

Comment author: JoshuaFox 14 December 2011 08:23:24PM *  2 points [-]

Of course. My original comment was meant to convey, through the words "citations," and "coauthor," that proper credit must always be given.