I'm searching for some comp/ling experts to provide a precise definition of “slop” as it refers to text (see: corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...) I put together a google form that should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete: forms.gle/oWxsCScW3dJU... If you can help, I'd appreciate your input! 🙏

📢 Can we trace a small distilled model back to its teacher? 🤔New work (w/ @chantalsh.bsky.social, @silvioamir.bsky.social & @byron.bsky.social) finds some footprints left by LLMs in distillation! [1/6] 🔗 Full paper: arxiv.org/abs/2502.06659