people really don’t like reading #AI prose on blogs; 71% try to avoid the author in the future and 78% stop reading immediately when they realize it’s #slop. #toread
on 02026-09-11#LinkedIn added a button to report #AI #slop, and Grace Snelling thinks it’s coming to “every platform”, by which she means LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter, Reddit, and Substack, not Linux and MacOS.
on 02026-08-06Ken Shirriff points out that the #AI #slop claim “#Concorde burned 52% of its fuel just taxiing down the runway,” is false; it’s less than 1%, and 20% at the beginning of cruise. #flying
on 02026-01-06#AI #slop post about purported #supersonic jet startups #Boom Supersonic, #Astro-Mechanica, and #Hermeus. Falsely claims, “#Concorde burned 52% of its fuel just taxiing down the runway.” #flying
on 02026-01-06#video #toread on adding gears to #bicycles with #3D-printing #mechanisms. The script seems to be AI #slop. The single-speed drivetrain design seems to be a useless gimmick with no technical advantage, and it adds a lot of weight to the bike, but the fabrication technique advice seems solid.
on 02025-10-16#AI #slop attacks on the cURL project
on 02025-09-30