It was; people like to blame slop on AI like if it was new. It wasn't. Before current AI hysteria, we just called it content marketing. So, if this text reads

It was; people like to blame slop on AI like if it was new. It wasn't. Before current AI hysteria, we just called it content marketing. So, if this text reads like a slop, consider perhaps it may be just personal promotion. I mean, "AI ethicist" with a book, denouncing experts for saying reasonable and arguably obvious things, because they violate some nebulous and incoherent "humanistic"[0] values? Nah, I think someone wants to sell us some more books. -- [0] - Scare quotes because I actually like humanistic stuff; I just don't like stuff that doesn't make sense.