“Breakthrough” paper under investigation after AI generation claims
In early September, Electronic Specifier reported on the paper, ‘On the Same Origin of Quantum Physics and General Relativity from Riemannian Geometry and Planck Scale Formalism’, authored by Chavis Srichan of Khon Kaen University and led by the corresponding author, Adrian David Cheok of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. Since then, it has come to light that a temporary expression of concern relating to potential errors has been raised.
In the paper, published via ScienceDirect, it was claimed that a team of scientists had found the Holy Grail of physics.
The paper suggested that a breakthrough had been discovered that would redefine space-time and energy through a new mathematical framework, pushing the foundations of physics and the boundaries of what is possible, using Riemannian geometry and Planck scale formalism to bridge quantum physics and general relativity.
The authors suggest that the fundamental constants of the universe can be reduced to two quantities: Planck length and Planck time, and their reformulation transformed Einstein’s field equations into quantum mechanical equations, which describe the universe's dynamics as entangled harmonic oscillators.
The claims of the paper have since been questioned, and it has come under close scrutiny with many in the science community claiming that the content has been generated by AI with some claiming that it has even been plagiarised from ‘ŁUKASZ ANDRZEJ GLINKA: ÆTHEREAL MULTIVERSE’.
Electronic Specifier reached out to the authors for comment and Adrian David Cheok has stated that the paper is 100% not fake or AI generated: "This is pure defamation which we are currently working with lawyers to prosecute all those who accused that.
"There were a number of typos and errors in paper which we have been asked to correct, unfortunately some of these errors made it through our proofreading.
"I can say there are errors but the conclusions are still valid. We are now fixing the errors to resubmit to an American Astrophysics journal."
Electronic Specifier will continue to monitor the situation.