I'm a bit surprised your concern on arXiv banning is about the impact of a middle author including LLM content without appropriate checking by the first and last authors. I agree the punishment is too harsh, but they should be checking. Much more concerning to me is the *career* of the middle author, who contributed but isn't in charge of the final read-through. Hopefully not all co-authors are included in the arXiv ban.
Regarding your scarlet strip: I think that's a fine idea. But arXiv could also provide the tool for checking for LLM issues, and tell people their submission is non-compliant before posting.
Stephen, I am so totally with you on the hypocrisy of Elsevier...but I'm still kinda glad they're suing Meta.
A pox on both their houses
I'm a bit surprised your concern on arXiv banning is about the impact of a middle author including LLM content without appropriate checking by the first and last authors. I agree the punishment is too harsh, but they should be checking. Much more concerning to me is the *career* of the middle author, who contributed but isn't in charge of the final read-through. Hopefully not all co-authors are included in the arXiv ban.
Regarding your scarlet strip: I think that's a fine idea. But arXiv could also provide the tool for checking for LLM issues, and tell people their submission is non-compliant before posting.