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Re:No AI Slop: A Manifesto by mschuster91 on Friday November 13, 2026 @03:25PM (#50489147)
> Slop is asymmetric. The cost of producing a thousand-line PR or a ten-page doc is approaching zero, while the cost of reviewing it remains constant.

I'd say the cost actually grows as people get laid off left and right, and on top of that, a 1000 line PR from a good human, give me a case of beer and I'll make me some sense of it, but if it's AI slop, get ready to hand me a crate of homemade Slivo or I won't touch that...

Re:No AI Slop: A Manifesto by colinrand on Friday November 13, 2026 @03:46PM (#50489411)
Plus, I find reading slop docs takes cognitively much more effort. When I find problems in human docs, it's easier for me to point out the issue, comment etc. But on these AI slop docs, I find it overwhelming to comment on, because the issues are often woven throughout the document in a way that makes it so I can't isolate the comment in a single place. It's hard for me to describe.