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The highest funded plagiarist is probably this AI ethicist (andreasplagiarism.wordpress.com)
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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yes, but it's still wrong, if true. Plagiarism isn't just unethical, it's punitive in most places. I don't see anything bad about calling it out.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago

Oh absolutely. And this being in academia, they likely will lose their job over it - like that Harvard professor who was accused of a highly similar form of plagiarism (borrowing long stretches of text while failing to cite the original source material). I was pointing out the absurdity of not doing that for politicians and CEOs:-(.

[–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

plagiarism is an academic crime.

failing to cite a source is completely amoral.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

No, it's also possible to be sued for plagiarism, so defacto punitive.

I would also err on the side of ethics versus morality for something that doesn't directly and intentionally do harm on its outset.

[–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 2 points 8 months ago

>would also err on the side of ethics versus morality

this makes no sense.

[–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

that doesnt mean its immoral.

and as far as i can tell, its not even true. you can be sued for copyright infringement but plagiarism is not codified.