The push for AI is about controlling the narrative. By giving AI the editorial review process, it can control the direction of science, media and policy. Effectively controlling the course of human evolution.
On the other hand, I'm fully supportive of going through ALL of the rejected scientific papers to look for editorial bias, censorship, propaganda, etc.
One thing about this is that these kinds of power struggles/jostlings are part of every single thing humans do at almost all times. There is no silver bullet that will extricate human beings from the condition of being human, only constant vigilance against the ever changing landscape of who is manipulating and how.
On the other hand, I'm fully supportive of going through ALL of the rejected scientific papers to look for editorial bias, censorship, propaganda, etc.