Professor fled student AI slop for industry, now his colleagues produce it too
miniapeur · x · 2026-09-30
A viral anecdote: a professor left academia for industry because he no longer wanted to deal with undergrads submitting AI slop — only for commenters to joke that now he has to deal with colleagues producing AI slop as well. The quip captures how AI slop has spread from classrooms into the workplace.
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