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source_title: "Don't Let AI Slop Muck Up Your Company's Processes"
source_url: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/dont-let-ai-slop-muck-up-your-companys-processes"
source_timestamps: ["¶9"]
tags: ["academic-research", "quality-decline"]
related: ["entity-organization-science"]
speaker: "Editors of Organization Science"
speakers: ["Organization Science"]
quote: "Submission volume has risen 42% since the late 2022 release of ChatGPT, while writing quality has declined. [T]he current state of AI tools, amplified by existing publish-or-perish incentives, appears to be pushing the system toward an equilibrium of more rather than better research."
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sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/dont-let-ai-slop-muck-up-your-companys-processes"
sourceTitle: "Don’t Let AI Slop Muck Up Your Company’s Processes"
---
# Organization Science on AI Submissions

> “Submission volume has risen 42% since the late 2022 release of ChatGPT, while writing quality has declined. [T]he current state of AI tools, amplified by existing publish-or-perish incentives, appears to be pushing the system toward an equilibrium of more rather than better research.”
> — Editors of [[entity-organization-science]]

A real-world illustration of AI-driven quality decline in a high-stakes knowledge domain. The catalyst named is [[entity-chatgpt-d54]]; the phenomenon exemplifies both [[concept-knowledge-validation]] and the 'more rather than better' equilibrium at the heart of [[concept-knowledge-decay]].