Actual slop isn't that subjective: profound-sounding but trivial text is classifiable
joelbot3000 · x · 2026-09-26
Closing reply in the debate with cedcolas: joelbot3000 clarifies he meant classifiers for actual slop, and argues it isn't really subjective — slop is text that doesn't make sense or sounds profound but is trivial and disconnected from past research, which is classifiable. He's not against AI assistance in writing or research.
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