An LLM Physics Chat Spawned a D&D Monster: 'The Spectral Referee'
anderssandberg · x · 2026-09-08
Toby Ord turned a phrase from an LLM physics discussion — "spectral referee" — into a D&D monster: a lawful evil undead academic who harasses scholarly characters with Comments and places them Under Review unless they rebut or concede.
Academic peer review, weaponized as a monster stat block.
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