There Is No Slop Here
Everything you read here is lived or thought through by me; AI helps with writing, not thinking.
No AI slop from me. Promise.
Lately, I’ve been hearing the phrase “AI-generated slop” more often. It’s usually said with a shrug, as if that settles the matter.
It doesn’t.
When people say “AI-generated,” they often mean one of three things:
- A tool was used
- The style feels borrowed
- The content is low quality
The first two don’t bother me.
I use AI to transcribe and edit. Not using better tools today would be strange. Would you add up 100 numbers with pen and paper or with Excel?
And borrowed style? I’ve been borrowing styles long before AI showed up. From Paul Graham, Derek Sivers, David Perell. That’s how writing works.
The last one matters. And it hurts.
Slop isn’t about tools or style. Slop is sloppy thinking, half-formed ideas, content made to fill space, not to say something meaningful.
Here is a promise I make and will stay true to:
Everything I write comes from something I’ve lived or thought through. AI helps me write. It doesn’t do the thinking.
That’s the only promise I care about.
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