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AI developers decry 'slop' as corporate malice, not honest mistakes

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The author expresses strong dissatisfaction with the current state of AI development, particularly concerning what they term "slop" in AI systems. They contrast this with the Millennium Bug, which they view as an honest mistake that COBOL programmers were willing to fix. The piece argues that the proliferation of "slop" in AI is a deliberate corporate choice prioritizing profit over human well-being, leading to a situation where developers are burdened with fixing these systemic issues. AI

IMPACT Expresses strong negative sentiment about current AI development practices, framing them as corporate malice rather than honest mistakes.

RANK_REASON The item is a personal opinion piece expressing strong negative sentiment about AI development practices, framed as a complaint rather than a factual report or analysis.

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AI developers decry 'slop' as corporate malice, not honest mistakes

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    We do not want to clean up slop! We are tired of it already! Millennium bug was an honest oversight and of course COBOL programmers were happy to pause their re

    We do not want to clean up slop! We are tired of it already! Millennium bug was an honest oversight and of course COBOL programmers were happy to pause their retirement and fix it. But slop is not an honest mistake. It is a systematic corporate malice! They have chosen slop over …

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