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← AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content.

17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 3 Oct 2012 to 2 Nov 2026. Nearly all of them are about physics.

Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content. AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelmingthe hep-th physics field with worthlesscontent. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 PW Peter Woit — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A correct unifying theory of physics would, on first appearing publicly, look statistically likely to be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it A correct unifying theory of physicswould, on first appearing publicly,look statistically likely to bewrong. Last stated 13 years ago 1 Jun 2013 MS Marcus du Sautoy — holds since 2013-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A far-fetched idea earns its placein physics only when you can go outand look for its observationalconsequences. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Dec 2023 LR Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it A frontier lab should not spend itsresearchers harvesting results outof today's models; the payoff is inbuilding the next one. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A purchase is not caused by convincing someone to want your product. — tap to centre the map on it A purchase is not caused byconvincing someone to want yourproduct. Last stated 6 days ago 30 Oct 2026 RS Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A theory of everything would notfinish physics: Turing and Churchlaid down computation's theory ofeverything in the 1930s and we havespent ninety years exploring theconsequences. Last stated 7 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics. — tap to centre the map on it Aesthetics is truth: when somethingis beautiful it is likely to becorrect, in code as in mathematicsand physics. Last stated 7 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: AGI must be possible, because the laws of physics make computation universal. — tap to centre the map on it AGI must be possible, because thelaws of physics make computationuniversal. Last stated 14 years ago 3 Oct 2012 DD David Deutsch — holds since 2012-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI money is a significant part of the story of the ongoing disruption of the fields of mathematics and physics. — tap to centre the map on it AI money is a significant part ofthe story of the ongoing disruptionof the fields of mathematics andphysics. Last stated 3 days ago 2 Nov 2026 PW Peter Woit — holds since 2026-11-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI makes work feel finished very fast, too often prematurely. — tap to centre the map on it AI makes work feel finished veryfast, too often prematurely. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 KD Katie Dill — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated writing tends to repeatthe same themes, names, andunderlying ideas across differentoutputs. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI-written cover letter reads as slop to the person receiving fifty of them, so do not send one. — tap to centre the map on it An AI-written cover letter reads asslop to the person receiving fiftyof them, so do not send one. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Sept 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Generative AI's main achievement so far has been to lower what we expect of what we read and of ourselves when we write. — tap to centre the map on it Generative AI's main achievement sofar has been to lower what we expectof what we read and of ourselveswhen we write. Last stated 2 years ago 31 Aug 2024 TC Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Mass AI-written outreach fails on its own terms: playing the same numbers game as everyone else adds to the noise you then drown in. — tap to centre the map on it Mass AI-written outreach fails onits own terms: playing the samenumbers game as everyone else addsto the noise you then drown in. Last stated 2 months ago 27 Aug 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-08-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once generated text is everywhere, readers will become sceptical that there is a person on the other end of anything they read online. — tap to centre the map on it Once generated text is everywhere,readers will become sceptical thatthere is a person on the other endof anything they read online. Last stated 4 years ago 31 Dec 2022 MA Maggie Appleton — holds since 2022-12-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. — tap to centre the map on it Declining many-worlds because itextrapolates past what we canobserve is methodologicallyrespectable and still a failure ofnerve. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality. — tap to centre the map on it Decoherence has not yetsatisfactorily solved themeasurement problem and does notrestore local causality. Last stated 3 years ago 21 Sept 2023 SH Sabine Hossenfelder — holds since 2023-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run. — tap to centre the map on it Export controls cannot stop Chinafrom training frontier models; whatthey can do is cap how much AI Chinagets to run. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Feb 2025 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
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At the centre AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content. Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago Holds Peter Woit Read this korrent →