Re: Are we becoming too paranoid about AI slop

This post is a reply to: https://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/are-we-becoming-too-paranoid-about-ai-slop/ This morning I’ve read Andreas’ post, and then Joel’s and Noisy Deadlines’ too. Today, you can’t avoid AI. It’s fucking everywhere. At work, I see it in our mails, in Zoom, in Slack since I update the app this week, and everybody talks about it. The good thing is that last week, during a company meeting, we had some senior engineers who admitted you can’t trust LLMs for everything, and you should commit yourself to verify the code before sending random PRs to your colleagues. In my private life, everyone uses it. Even some non-tech savvy friend told me that he was using it. I was shocked because he’s a guy that merely knows how to write an email. Ok maybe he does, but that’s where his tech knowledge stops. I heard crazy things like: “I’ll sell this dress on Vinted. I’ll take a picture of it, and will ask AI to remove my head from the picture.” I was like WTF?! 🤦 Or, “I sent an email to…