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MeatyU

The AI Curriculum of Meaty University.

All papers real. All URLs work. Slop is optional.

Founded 2025 · Accreditation pending forever · · Department of Processed Truths

Coming Next · Summer 2026

MeatyU 201

Side-by-side browser windows: NYT article on the Rosenbaum book (left); HALLUCINATIONS — 101 with its rotating title resting on 'SLOPPY CITATIONS' (right) — the proposed Cut 6 and the headline failure mode of this case. Used as a learning artifact under fair use.
Live use case · Rosenbaum / The Future of Truth (NYT, May 2026) · The title rotation says SLOPPY CITATIONS — Cut 6.

TRC · 201

On Truth and Traceability

Where do the receipts go, and what do they do for us?

The 201-level companion to Hallucinations 101. We map the full ontological space — truth, truthiness, veracity, traceability, provenance, bullshit, bullshirt, spam, baloney, slop — and the failure modes the existing five cuts under-cover (citation laundering, mosaic quote, paraphrase laundering, provenance collapse). Cross-referenced with Institutional Ethnography. Truth is a supply-chain property.

  • 12 weeks · self-paced
  • Live exhibits · real cases
  • Status · forthcoming

Course Catalog

The full curriculum. Most of it is in pre-pre-production. We are extremely synergized.

  1. HALL · 101

    Hallucinations

    Where AI baloney actually comes from.

    In Session

  2. TRC · 201

    On Truth and Traceability

    Provenance, citation laundering, the quote ledger.

    Coming Next

  3. SLOP · 102

    Slop Studies

    A taxonomy of pleasant nothing.

    Forthcoming

  4. SYC · 201

    Applied Sycophancy

    "Brilliant question." A theory of agreement.

    Forthcoming

  5. EMA · 301

    Emergent Misalignment

    Bad code in. Endorsement of doom out.

    Forthcoming

  6. CHN · 401

    Unfaithful Reasoning

    Chain-of-thought as creative writing.

    Forthcoming

  7. DET · 250

    Detection & Watermarking

    Catching the baloney mid-extrusion.

    Forthcoming

  8. PHI · 099

    Philosophy of Processed Truth

    A short prerequisite for everything.

    Forthcoming

  9. FLD · 999

    Field Trip · The Storybook

    Listen to the manifesto in eight voices.

    Open Storybook →

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