"hepslop": physicists release 2,500 AI-generated physics preprints to mock AI slop
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-10
A satirical GitHub repo called hepslop from TheFinitePhysicist contains 2,500 physics preprints generated by a public open-source LLM, framed as one-upping OpenAI's 370 solved math problems and arguing "if the model is not public, then it is not science." The exaggerated claims and an October 2026 date make clear it's a stunt critiquing AI-generated slop flooding physics preprint servers; even the generation script is included as "preprint 0010."
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