Researchers publicly call out senior academics for rushing out 'blatant slop' papers
thegautamkamath · x · 2026-09-21
Researcher Sasho publicly criticized a new paper by three well-established academics as rushed, low-quality slop. Gautam Kamath amplified the call, arguing there's little incentive to call out colleagues' poor scholarship but that accountability is necessary to maintain community standards, while noting he hasn't evaluated the paper's merits himself but trusts Sasho's expertise.
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