Generative AI creates unverified slop in projects

The author argues that generative AI has flooded organizations with low-quality, unverified content that workers can neither defend nor explain, creating backlogs of unreviewed material and eroding trust. This phenomenon leads to institutional memory absorbing unverified claims and gives rise to epistemic squatting, where individuals occupy a claim to expertise by submitting AI-generated work they do not truly understand. Open article →