LLM clustering of OpenReview papers will expose a separable AI-slop cluster, researcher predicts
joelbot3000 · x · 2026-09-26
Joel Leibo argues that detecting AI "slop" papers isn't purely subjective: real slop sounds profound but is trivial and disconnected from prior work. He predicts that clustering future OpenReview submissions with LLMs will reveal an obviously separable slop cluster — the signature of autoresearch papers from models like Claude 4.8 with 0 human effort — distinct from human papers written with LLM assistance.
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