François Chollet: Social Media Flooded with AI Slop and Echo Chambers
fchollet · x · 2026-08-23
François Chollet notes a shift back to pre-2023 books for authentic human thought. He observes that an increasing fraction of social media is now AI-generated slop and bots replying to them, creating meaningless echoes.
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