Every academic literature is a dumpster fire of untruths, argues Rex Douglass on AI slop
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-10
Continuing his thread on academia vs. industrialized AI output, Rex Douglass argues every literature is "a dumpster fire of untruths" — almost nothing gets cited or built upon. But human slop carries edutainment value in its production and belief, a narrative industrial slop doesn't allow.
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