What Does 'Skim-and-Submit' Mean?

[ WORKPLACE CULTURE ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: Workplace CultureCLUSTER: Human Oversight

The failure mode where a human's supposed review of AI-generated work amounts to a quick glance before approving it, technically satisfying a human-review requirement without providing any real scrutiny.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Half the approved PRs this week were clearly skim-and-submit — the comments make that obvious."

LORE & ORIGIN

Named to describe the gap between a review process existing on paper and a review actually happening in practice, once human-review requirements became common enough for people to start finding shortcuts through them.

FIRST SEEN

2025

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (Workplace Culture)

CURRENT STATUS

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