MIT's David Bau: X comments drowned in AI slop clichés — or are humans just talking like AI now?
davidbau · x · 2026-09-28
MIT researcher David Bau observes that X comment sections are polluted by formulaic AI-slop phrases like "most others miss," "actually makes you care," and "hits so much harder."
He poses the underlying question: are spammers burning tokens on this all day, or have humans themselves started talking like AI?
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