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by disruptiveink 55 days ago
Can't we just normalise publishing whatever you put into the LLM instead? I'm sure the author typed things into their favourite AI assistant that regurgitated that long form, LLM-speak style version. I'm sure the original prompt has all the relevant content and was a lot more pleasant to read.

Can't wait for this style of prose to become an incredibly embarrassing faux-pas.
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ErroneousBosh 55 days ago
> Can't we just normalise publishing whatever you put into the LLM instead?

Something that has cropped up from time to time in the art world since at least the Dadaists was the idea that rather than distribute the artefact, you distribute the instructions to construct the artefact.

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tdeck 55 days ago
I think if we want to combat slop we have to be honest about why it happens, and the honest truth is that a blog post whose whole content was "I was only using the terminal and Claude code for a couple hours and it drained my whole battery wtf write me an article about this" would not be gaining traction. Some amount of polish and effort is needed, but we can still avoid the most annoying tropes.
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HomeDeLaPot 55 days ago
Sounds like a viral Tweet. Why wouldn't it be able to gain traction?
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tdeck 55 days ago
It wouldn't gain traction as a blog post, which is my point. Maybe this person would rather have a blog than engage on Twitter.
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