Bautista Baron

This conceptual essay examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping academic production and creating risks of overload that surpass human capacities for attention and peer review. Drawing on public indicators and illustrative scenarios, it argues that accelerated publication rates threaten to erode authorship and intellectual responsibility. The essay outlines three researcher profiles defined by their patterns of AI use and associated risks, and discusses preliminary evidence of potential cognitive costs linked to technological dependence. It concludes with policy and practice recommendations—including disclosure protocols, ethical training, and strengthened review capacity—intended to highlight the magnitude of the challenge and to foster collective deliberation on the future of scientific integrity.