Slop Readers

Jacob Falkovich · 28 May 2026

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Our reading
Good writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks.

Their wordsThe prerequisite to good writing is having something you want to tell people about, which AI doesn't.
Our reading
Trying to avoid AI-writing tells as a human writer is pointless, since readers who fixate on them ignore substance anyway.

Their wordsThere's little point trying to avoid LLMisms as a human, the readers who'll latch onto that don't care what you're saying anyway.

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