Writing about the operating cost of AI tools while the whole article is a complete AI slop. :)
8-prime•29m ago
Whether written with AI or not, I don't necessarily agree with the sentiment that it's AI slop. We too often only categorize between no AI used and AI slop.
Does them using AI to write the article invalidate the points stated in any way? I personally don't think so. I too am weary of constant bombardment with AI but at the same time being against something just because AI was in the loop isn't much better, if at all.
shibaprasadb•21m ago
I see no issues in articles where AI was in the loop or made the article better than it otherwise would have been. Why not?
But if 100% is generated by AI - and you just prompted it - then I would like to avoid that piece. Personally.
owebmaster•11m ago
> We too often only categorize between no AI used and AI slop
We do not. You might have not noticed but we don't discuss the use of AI when nobody notices that AI was used.
8-prime•5m ago
Yeah of course not. When nobody notices, then there is nothing to discuss. Otherwise it would just be conjecuture. And by that logic anything where AI is noticable would be categorizable as AI slop. Which is exactly what I'm criticizing
killiancarroll•43m ago
Well put, and I think the problem extends beyond agentic systems to regular software. Someone in an organisation whips up a useful product, publishes it and is now on the hook for bug fixes, feature requests and operations. The maintenance cost is often much larger than the cost of building it now that producing an MVP is so easy.
shibaprasadb•44m ago
8-prime•29m ago
Does them using AI to write the article invalidate the points stated in any way? I personally don't think so. I too am weary of constant bombardment with AI but at the same time being against something just because AI was in the loop isn't much better, if at all.
shibaprasadb•21m ago
But if 100% is generated by AI - and you just prompted it - then I would like to avoid that piece. Personally.
owebmaster•11m ago
We do not. You might have not noticed but we don't discuss the use of AI when nobody notices that AI was used.
8-prime•5m ago