The current quality of AI-generated Code has nothing to do with ai slop, at least if you use the AI properly and don’t just rely on the app.
Media generation (images, audio, video) is mostly AI-generated sloppy work, just like the generation of books or any kind of art.
Mar 26, 2026, 2:54 PM@sam4000@troet.cafe @warandpeas@mastodon.social You like slop, I got that part.
What is AI slop if not mass-produced content of mediocre or lower quality?
Especially in programming, the quality has long been quite good; of course, you still need someone to set the goals, structure, and everything else. So you can’t simply replace people with AI, as the PR claims—that always results in drastic quality issues.
But of course, that doesn’t change the fact that companies are stealing intellectual property and forcing AI into nearly every product.
Mar 26, 2026, 3:21 PM@sam4000@troet.cafe @warandpeas@mastodon.social How can you see the problem, yet insist on being part of as well as defending it?
I make a strict distinction between low-quality AI content & high-quality AI content, even though the underlying issues remain the same.
The world isn't black and white. AI, which is a very broad term to begin with, can mean so many different things. Specialized AI agents are simply different from bots that flood music platforms, websites, & social media with junk.
Even though you can, of course, use AI for sloppy coding, GitHub projects know all too well what that’s like.
It’s like people who say they love the Harry Potter universe but hate the author.
That’s exactly the distinction between the work and the author or company.
And yes, I'm one of those people who despise J.K. Rowling, of course.
Mar 29, 2026, 10:01 PM@sam4000 @flesh @warandpeas every dollar you spend on Harry Potter is a dollar in the bank pocket of JKR, and one that she will use to persecute people.
I was talking purely on an emotional level. That way, Harry Potter can remain a piece of magical childhood while you rightly despise J.K. Rowling.
Whether one should financially support the franchise is another question. One that you, of course, address well.