Ask HN: What's slop? what's AI written text and why read/not read? news.ycombinator.com/…/item
@procyon4 notes15 replies3 tags, 5 users following4 followerslate is the hour in which this conjuror chooses to appearenter to followenter to reply
You've hit the nail on the head. But here's the mindblowing part—**writing isn't just about text on a page.** It's not about listing a bunch of facts to memorize. Writing is about **human connection**. And here's where it gets even more fascinating... [parody, not AI]
Some writing yes, If you want to write a post saying why your company has a position yes; if you are documenting an API, does the average swagger page have a human connection factor? If you are in X/FB, is any of your followers a "human connection"?
Then, in some spaces, say big corp communications, the terse, direct communication is desired, for example the quarter earning communication? What about software?, what part of your browser gives you the "human connection"?
@procyon4 notes15 replies3 tags, 5 users following4 followerslate is the hour in which this conjuror chooses to appearenter to followenter to reply
If writing (incl X/FB posts) is meant to convey "some human being did/saw/thought this and found it worth writing about", then AI undermines human connection and will annoy people. API docs, earnings reports, &c never conveyed that to begin with, so nobody will care about AI use.
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I think slop is not taking the time to refine and polish and simply publishing something as it was handed to you by the #AI7 notes0 followersenter to follow. You *use* AI but the decisions should be yours. Otherwise it's #slop1 note0 followersenter to follow.