AI slides test academic presentation norms

Updated: 2026.03.04 22H ago 1 sources
Presenters increasingly use AI to generate the visible artifacts of scholarship (slides, figures, summaries). When an entire talk is delivered with AI‑generated slides, it forces conferences, journals, and departments to decide rules about credit, transparency, and vetting. — How academia treats AI‑generated presentation materials will shape norms of authorship, trust, and peer evaluation across fields.

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Three Days in the Belly of Social Psychology
Michael Inzlicht 2026.03.04 100% relevant
A conference presenter reportedly delivered a talk using 100% AI‑generated slides at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual meeting.
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