Stop building agents, start building tools to clean up AI slop
weswinder · x · 2026-08-21
The author advises developers to stop blindly building agents and instead focus on creating tools to clean up and verify AI-generated content ("slop"), reflecting a shift in focus towards downstream quality control and governance.
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