IBM AI engineer's anti-slop essay goes viral after LinkedIn commenters get caught using AI replies
TejasKumar_ · x · 2026-10-11
- IBM AI engineer Tejas Kumar published "Please Stop the Slop," an 11-minute essay after his LinkedIn post about Aleph Alpha's open German model Kolibri drew AI-generated comments that cited fake specifics like a "tokenizer test" and a "44% vs 11% I-don't-know rate."
- When he asked one commenter if they used AI, they replied "does this in any way invalidate my question?" His answer: it does, because he's no longer talking to a human.
- The essay defines AI slop as machine-churned content with no human value, explains how to spot it, and argues human authenticity still wins; developer Rizèl Scarlett shared the same frustration.
- The post ends with a petition against AI slop.
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