Ethan Mollick says AI slop replies on X cannot be filtered algorithmically
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Ethan Mollick, a Wharton professor who writes about AI, says on X that there is no way to algorithmically filter out obvious AI slop replies on the platform.
In the same post he links to a paper about a team of Gemini 4 agents completing Minecraft, which he describes as an accessible example of spontaneous agent coordination. The report contains only his post; it does not describe any filtering tool or platform response.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 16, 4:11 PM ET
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