Cleaning up AI slop is becoming a growing part of everyone's job
lennysan · x · 2026-08-30
Lenny Rachitsky observes that a growing part of everyone's job now involves cleaning up the "AI slop" produced by others attempting to do their work. This highlights the increasing downstream costs and quality issues arising from the proliferation and sometimes misuse of generative AI tools in professional settings.
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