Show HN: SlopGuard, a GitHub App that quarantines AI slop PRs and issues
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Ask HN: Should the term "cognitive surrender" apply to writers who publish slop?
Writing is thinking. I don't think this is an especially disputed claim. Every day we on HN (along with every other social medium) are treated to largely generated think pieces from presumptive thought leaders.
Ask HN: What's your AI agent's funny/mocking name?
I just read a thread where people call their bot Sloppenheimer [1]. The classical term Clanker [2] and the newer term Gippity were used in a talk I recently attended [3]. At our job we call it "Kabouter Slop", a reference to the main character of a popular Belgian kids' show [4], which roughly ...
On AI, Ownership, and Why Nobody Wants Your Slop: They Want You
AI has completely commoditized the execution phase of our work, allowing us to crush a week's worth of deliverables in a single day. But falling into the trap of using that new speed just to pump out more volume only creates professional "slop" that rapidly kills your credibility with stakeholde...
From World Cup Willie to Tip and Tap: a nostalgic nod to the era of lovably quirky mascots
This year’s World Cup serves up yet more soulless, corporate animal slop to leave fans pining for the days of unique talismans World Cup Willie marched on to the scene in 1966 with a spiky mane, bovver boy stance, bulbous brogues and – intriguingly for a World Cup held entirely in England – a uni...
Let us filter AI slop, you cowards
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