korrents

AI slop

Low-quality generated content at volume, and what it does to the places it lands in.

What people on korrents have said about AI slop, newest first — 8 positions from 7 people.

FilterEveryone, all time
Who Everyone GOGergely Orosz 2 DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson 1 EMEthan Mollick 1 FCFrançois Chollet 1 FCFrank Chimero 1 MHMitchell Hashimoto 1 PSPeter Steinberger 1
When All time Past 1 yearPast 3 yearsPast 5 years
  1. GO

    Gergely Orosz quoted

    Our readingWriting is thinking, so an LLM inflating a one-sentence observation into three paragraphs destroys the thing that made it worth reading.

    Their wordsWriting is thinking, and we are interested in your own thoughts and observations, not a sharp, one-sentence observation turned into three paragraphs of blob text by an LLM.

    ↗How software engineering is changing: an essay challengeblog.pragmaticengineer.com

    LLMs

    Interesting
  2. 1 day earlier
  3. EM

    Ethan Mollick quoted

    Our readingAI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs.

    Their wordsAIs don’t just repeat the same sentence patterns but also the same themes (memory is a favorite), names (Elara Voss, Marcus Chen), and underlying ideas.

    ↗Agency and Agentsoneusefulthing.org

    Interesting
  4. 4 days earlier
  5. GO

    Gergely Orosz quoted

    Our readingMass AI-written outreach fails on its own terms: playing the same numbers game as everyone else adds to the noise you then drown in.

    Their wordsDon't expect a response to an AI-written email, or a templated email. I get it, you think it's a numbers game: send a tweaked email out to 100 podcasts, and hope that at least one replies. In reality, by playing the same game as everyone else does, you are assisting to the noise, and end up drowning yourself in it as well.

    ↗Why you're not getting a response to your podcast pitch from me (or others)blog.pragmaticengineer.com

    Interesting
  6. 4 days earlier
  7. FC

    François Chollet quoted

    Our readingA growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.

    Their wordsAn increasing fraction of social media consists of slop influencers using AI to make posts and bots replying to them. An echo of an echo of an echo

    ↗@fchollet on Xx.com

    social media

    Interesting
  8. 10 days earlier
  9. MH

    Mitchell Hashimoto quoted

    Our readingA low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged.

    Their wordsI'm so incredibly tired of seeing low-effort AI-designed web pages. I basically bounce off any new product immediately when I see it (never get a chance to judge the product itself). Lots of thin lines, glowy styles, inconsistent fonts, lots of monospace.

    ↗@mitchellh on Xx.com

    Interesting
  10. 6 months earlier
  11. PS

    Peter Steinberger quoted

    Our readingHe would rather read your broken English than your AI-written text; we are reaching the point where typos are valuable again.

    Their wordsBut I much rather read your broken English than your AI slob. You know, of course there's a human behind it, and yet they, they prompt it. I'd much rather read your prompt than what came out. Um, I think we're reaching a point where I value typos again.

    ↗OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet - Peter Steinberger | Lex Fridman Podcast #491youtube.com 21st of 30 in this recording

    Interesting
  12. 4 months earlier
  13. FC

    Frank Chimero quoted

    Our readingTo make something alive with AI you have to work beside it and resist its pull towards the average; an average email is fine, average art is not.

    Their wordsAn average email or line of code is fine. Average art isn’t. To make something alive with AI, we have to resist its pull towards average by working beside it, shaping what it gives, and listening for what’s missing.

    ↗Beyond the Machinefrankchimero.com

    Interesting
  14. 13 months earlier
  15. DH

    David Heinemeier Hansson quoted

    Our readingAn AI-written cover letter reads as slop to the person receiving fifty of them, so do not send one.

    Their wordsI can tell when AI wrote your thing because it uses the same phrases in the same setup as all the other ones

    ↗DHH Is Right About Everythingyoutube.com 10th of 8 in this recording

    Interesting