Re:No AI Slop: A Manifesto
by GuB-42 on Saturday November 14, 2026 @12:37PM
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I don't use AI much, but I don't reject it either. And it is certainly good at finding corner cases I would have missed, but it also does really stupid mistakes sometimes.
It leaves me two options: do most of the work myself as to avoid AI stupidity, then have the AI help me with the corner cases it is so good at finding. It takes time but the final quality is better.
Or let the AI do its thing. The end result is usually worse than if I did it by hand but it is fast. I.e. slop. Sometimes, slop is fine: a one off script, a personal project,....
It leaves me two options: do most of the work myself as to avoid AI stupidity, then have the AI help me with the corner cases it is so good at finding. It takes time but the final quality is better.
Or let the AI do its thing. The end result is usually worse than if I did it by hand but it is fast. I.e. slop. Sometimes, slop is fine: a one off script, a personal project,....