Ha, this is right up my ally!
Decades ago, when we first stopped getting real people on the phone when you called a company, I learned if the system heard a swear word, it was trained to realize you were mad and it would then immediately be sent to a live person… worked like a charm for a very long time. The polite people remained in voice prompt hell…
I think the approach you are using is sound. My Dad probably is on 10-20 papers/year, I’d guess; and for almost all of them is the last author; and yes, this insures quality, as does the institution; and possibly the volume/quality of publications more so focused on the last author (if that author is quite senior).
Very unfortunate example with David Sinclair. The consistently sloppy if not frankly deceptive work coming out of his lab in connection with resveratrol pretty much sealed his reputation as an unreliable huckster. George Church has a decent reputation, though was forced to retract some published work recently. Cynthia Kenyon is legit, OG researcher with a stellar lab. Meanwhile AI continues to unimpress, as usual… can’t win for losing.
