MIT researcher John Frankle: AI-generated decks 'smell like total lack of thought'
jefrankle · x · 2026-09-28
John Frankle, the well-known MIT AI researcher, publicly asked people to stop sending him AI-generated slide decks, saying they "smell like total lack of thought." When someone joked that he should generate a smell for that, he played along. The exchange captures a growing backlash within the AI community itself against low-effort AI-generated content.
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