Sounds about right:

> Springer Nature, the world’s largest academic publisher, has clarified its policies on the use of AI writing tools in scientific papers. The company announced this week that software like ChatGPT can’t be credited as an author in papers published in its thousands of journals. However, Springer says it has no problem with scientists using AI to help write or generate ideas for research, as long as this contribution is properly disclosed by the authors.

It seems like they simply don't want you putting ChatGPT in the "written by" subtitle.

What did you expect? Don't dish it out if you can't take it

There is absolutely value in knowing basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. You'll have a calculator with you, but there are times when knowing these things is convenient.

Buying groceries? Knowing basic addition will let you know if you are above or below budget before you get to checkout. I suppose you could pull out a calculator to keep track of this while you shop, but that sounds about as convenient as just getting rid of stuff putting you above budget once you get to the checkout.

Need to do some basic carpentry or home upgrades? Understanding basic geometry will help you make the most out of a single sheet of plywood, so that you're left with less "fiddly bits" and therefore don't have to spend money on a second sheet of plywood. Basic geometry relies on an understanding of algebra and early math concepts. If you do not grasp things like addition or multiplication, it's difficult to apply geometry to group your cuts to maximize use of your plywood.

Need to count things that are organized? Multiplication will help you count things quicker.

Not to mention, even when you get to higher-level math and can use a calculator in class, you'll need to have a solid grasp of these concepts. It's possible that you may not go into a profession that doesn't rely on anything past basic algebra, but there are many occasions in your life that you may need to figure out these things out and it could be inconvenient to type "5 * 7" into a calculator every time you're trying to figure something out.

Why is this an argument? Are you old enough to be on reddit?

Well, it'd probably be pretty depressing to read a story about a workday slog where the employees slowly become more overworked because whatever hedge fund bought up their newspaper is now laying people off in the name of "efficiency." Not much escapism there.

Similarly, I bet you'd be equally bored by someone reviewing dozens of emails each day to determine which are "spam," which are "phishing," if any user clicked on them, and so on.

You know, working in cybersecurity, I almost prefer when books go completely off-the-wall unrealistic with how things work. If we're doing things a la Neuromancer or Snow Crash where you can walk around the internet and things work a bit like magic, then it doesn't bother me.

But if we're talking Digital Fortress, where NASA's supercomputer just isn't capable of cracking a password which turns out to be one digit long, then the attempts at seeming realistic just seem annoying.