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This website has four articles, once daily, three of which being AI crap and doomsaying (the fourth arguably too, it just doesn't say so), all with lines like:

This website has four articles, once daily, three of which being AI crap and doomsaying (the fourth arguably too, it just doesn't say so), all with lines like: > A fast car doesn't win races — a driver does > the gap is not just speed - it's output quality > A rewrite isn't just an opportunity to modernise your technology stack - it's an opportunity [...] Garbage.

graypegg 3mo ago
The "Written by hand." in the footer hurts my brain. If it is written using real thoughts and ideas formed by themselves, they've fully imbued their brain with that AI stank I guess. It really does FEEL like unedited LLM output. You can find a few smoking guns or em a few dashes, whatever. But every sentence is emanating the stank.
- Sivart13 3mo ago
  you don't need to be an LLM to have LinkedIn brain, but it helps
  - Bratmon 3mo ago
    LinkedIn brain honestly really disturbs me. I didn't believe in souls until I needed a word to describe what people with LinkedIn brain lacked. Fortunately, then LLMs came along and now if I see a worryingly-soulless LinkedIn-brained post, I can lie to myself and say it was made by a discount LLM.
- Insanity 3mo ago
  They prompted the model by hand.
- ghost_pepper 3mo ago
  That's the sign of a good product: when you have to lie that you don't use it.
- graypegg 3mo ago
  Haha... well it's now changed to: "Written with AI. Curated by hand." Yesterday: https://web.archive.org/web/20260709105821/https://thetruthasiseeitnow.com/ai-slop-starts-with-the-codebase-itself/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260709105821/https://thetrutha...
seattle_spring 3mo ago
> Garbage It's not just garbage — it's AI slop garbage.
- bheadmaster 3mo ago
  Exactly. You've hit the nail on the head. And quite frankly, your AI slop garbage radar is not just an indicator of good taste — it's the essence of humanity that keeps you above it.
  - brushfoot 3mo ago
    One caveat worth flagging: Your AI slop garbage radar won't work on food (no em-dashes, no "it's not X, it's Y" framing, just quiche). That's a real limitation, so calling it out matters. You weren't considering using it on food, but it's important to note that it won't work in order to burn more tokens. I mean provide you with a well rounded answer. Want me to plan an app that detects food made from AI recipes?
  - thadt 3mo ago
    Heh, this one brought a smile - well played.
rayiner 3mo ago
I’m not an AI skeptic by any means. But I can easily recognize GPT generated output. It’s so formulaic. Of course you’d expect it to be formulaic given what it’s doing under the hood. But it does take the sheen off how impressive the written output looks the first time you see it. And I wonder if it points in the direction of limits on what it can ultimately do.

graypegg 3mo ago

The "Written by hand." in the footer hurts my brain. If it is written using real thoughts and ideas formed by themselves, they've fully imbued their brain with that AI stank I guess. It really does FEEL like unedited LLM output. You can find a few smoking guns or em a few dashes, whatever. But every sentence is emanating the stank.

Sivart13 3mo ago
you don't need to be an LLM to have LinkedIn brain, but it helps
- Bratmon 3mo ago
  LinkedIn brain honestly really disturbs me. I didn't believe in souls until I needed a word to describe what people with LinkedIn brain lacked. Fortunately, then LLMs came along and now if I see a worryingly-soulless LinkedIn-brained post, I can lie to myself and say it was made by a discount LLM.
Insanity 3mo ago
They prompted the model by hand.
ghost_pepper 3mo ago
That's the sign of a good product: when you have to lie that you don't use it.
graypegg 3mo ago
Haha... well it's now changed to: "Written with AI. Curated by hand." Yesterday: https://web.archive.org/web/20260709105821/https://thetruthasiseeitnow.com/ai-slop-starts-with-the-codebase-itself/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260709105821/https://thetrutha...

seattle_spring 3mo ago

> Garbage It's not just garbage — it's AI slop garbage.

bheadmaster 3mo ago
Exactly. You've hit the nail on the head. And quite frankly, your AI slop garbage radar is not just an indicator of good taste — it's the essence of humanity that keeps you above it.
- brushfoot 3mo ago
  One caveat worth flagging: Your AI slop garbage radar won't work on food (no em-dashes, no "it's not X, it's Y" framing, just quiche). That's a real limitation, so calling it out matters. You weren't considering using it on food, but it's important to note that it won't work in order to burn more tokens. I mean provide you with a well rounded answer. Want me to plan an app that detects food made from AI recipes?
- thadt 3mo ago
  Heh, this one brought a smile - well played.

rayiner 3mo ago

I’m not an AI skeptic by any means. But I can easily recognize GPT generated output. It’s so formulaic. Of course you’d expect it to be formulaic given what it’s doing under the hood. But it does take the sheen off how impressive the written output looks the first time you see it. And I wonder if it points in the direction of limits on what it can ultimately do.