François Chollet: Social Media Increasingly Filled with AI Slop
fchollet · x · 2026-08-23
François Chollet observes that an increasing fraction of social media consists of 'slop influencers' using AI to generate posts and bots replying to them, creating an echo chamber with diminishing informational value.
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