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> There’s one honest footnote. I'm so tired of AI writing
by muglug 2mo ago
> There’s one honest footnote.
I'm so tired of AI writing
- defenestration 2mo agoIt's a pity. Spending so much time to ship the CSS dream (clean, well-thought-out) and then using AI-talk to share it with the world.
- yosito 2mo agoI used AI to get the post out quickly, but I've gone through and manually re-written it today.
- sly010 2mo agoCame here to say the same. I closed the window on the spot. I don't even care if I miss out on something.
- shimman 2mo agoI don't think these people realize how much damage they are doing to their reputations.
- pmg101 2mo agoAI loves an adverb. Even the title feels AI to me.
- throw-the-towel 2mo ago"Honest" is not an adverb though? It's an adjective, the adverb would be "honestly".
- jackb4040 2mo agoLol beat me to it
- StanAngeloff 2mo agoThe below is a selected copy of the blog post, unbelievable that it didn't get unslopped: > [..] , and on a site like this one that matters more than architectural purity. [..] Nothing in it depends on a build step [..] That distinction is worth keeping in mind [..] What matters is [..]
- yosito 2mo agoI've unslopped it now. Thanks for the feedback.
- chrismorgan 2mo agoAnd the entire analogy is incoherent. And how all six people links are to LinkedIn, when most of them have websites. (Wouldn’t surprise me if some of the LinkedIn profiles were incorrect, but since you can no longer view anything on LinkedIn without having an account…)
- settsu 2mo agoI get the sentiment, but what if it was the difference between not getting the thoughts out there and being able to celebrate the fruits of their labor? It's okay to exercise nuanced views (as well as choosing to say nothing.)
- mpalmer 2mo agowhat if it was the difference between not getting the thoughts out there and being able to celebrate the fruits of their labor? I'm sure I don't know what implausible hypothetical scenario to which this could refer. The "difference" is that of spending five entire minutes proofreading the output. But this blog post, like the other 98%, is once more the tasteless fruit of very, very little labor. Whether you value it or not, whether you are even able to recognize it anymore, writing for an audience is a skill. I (and probably GP) feel legitimate dismay when I read the output of someone who had an obvious opportunity to exercise good taste for the benefit of the people who actually take the time to read it. The continued inconvenience to you of reading opinions like this is obviously extremely unfortunate.
- settsu 2mo agoMaybe they ARE lazy. Maybe they are unapologetically bullish on AI AND they did it just to spite the haters. But it’s also possible that they have other, more important stuff going on in their life? Or that they find writing legitimately difficult? I’m not excusing anything, or saying that you can’t feel dismay or even sickened. I was merely proposing another perspective, that’s all.
- yosito 2mo agoMostly, I have other, more important stuff going in my life. I did write a lot of this post myself, but used AI to flesh out some of the details because otherwise between my perfectionism and tendency to overthink blog posts, I would have never gotten around to publishing this.
- muglug 2mo ago
- joquarky 2mo agoI'm so tired of the complaining about AI writing.
- orangeboats 2mo agoI doubt most of us would like to complain about anything, but with so many people (ab)using AI for writing their blogposts, it feels that a lot of the Web has become _homogenous_ in terms of style, and it's unfortunate.
- yosito 2mo agoI appreciate the feedback. I did use AI to help me put this post together quickly. I've gone through today and manually re-written it. No more AI slop.