Sloppelgängers

Superhuman’s CEO sat for an interview about the AI feature that used writers’ names without permission. What he revealed was worse than the feature itself.

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AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone

Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.

Misarticulation: Why We Sometimes Feel Our Words Don’t Match Our Thoughts

People do not always say what they mean. In everyday conversations, people regularly sense that they have not fully communicated what they had in mind—a subject

The Grammar Your UI Doesn't Know It Speaks - Nightflight

Rude Slop Behaviour

This essay aims to introduce social stigma around certain types of AI use, or at the very least, reduce the amount of slop I receive. What is slop? I like the deepfates definition: Watching in real time as “slop” becomes a term of art. the way that “spam” became the

AI is ushering in an age of personal media

It may be AI slop, but it's my AI slop.

Wittgenstein Explains Why We Always Misunderstand One Another on the Internet

The best class I took in college was on the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Until that point, I had avoided philosophy of language as simply being too...

Bluesky is under fire for allowing usernames with racial slurs

Bluesky’s moderation woes continue as users threaten to leave the site in protest of its failure to flag slurs in account usernames. Many users — particularly Black users — are frustrated that Bluesky hasn’t apologized for allowing racial slurs to slip through its moderation tools even though they violate the platform’s community guidelines. “Our community guidelines published yesterday reflect our values for a healthy community, and we’re working on becoming better stewards every day,” Bluesky CEO Jay Graber said in a post on Saturday.

hannah gais (@hannahgais.bsky.social)

will you people shut the fuck up

Grammarly acquires AI email client Superhuman | TechCrunch

In its announcement, Grammarly said it wants to build AI agents for emails using Superhuman's tech.

Neurotica (@schwarzgerat.bsky.social)

slop is something that takes more human effort to consume than it took to produce. When my coworker sends me raw Gemini output he’s not expressing his freedom to create, he’s disrespecting the value of my time ↘️ quoting AI Liker Georg (@avengingfemme.bsky.social): probably orthogonal to your view of slop but: bsky.app/profile/aven...

Malicious Streetlight Effects Vs. "Directional Correctness" - A Semi-Non-Apology

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