AI slide decks all look the same, and polish is losing its signal value
AmbassadorSad3889 · reddit · 2026-08-19
The poster observes that AI-generated decks are converging on one look — same clean layout, icon-per-bullet, three-points-per-slide rhythm, stock-ish imagery. Individually fine; in a row, indistinguishable.
The format used to carry information: a messy slide signaled the presenter was rushed; a crisp one signaled thought. Auto-formatting everything to the same polish erases that signal, so audiences discount polish. Familiar templates also invite pattern-matching skims, making decks professional yet forgettable.
The differentiator, the poster argues, is shifting from how a deck looks to whether it says something only you could have said — a specific argument or surprising data point becomes the only part that registers.
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