Honeycomb's Charity Majors on why some AI content feels like a violation, not a boost
mipsytipsy · x · 2026-09-18
Honeycomb co-founder Charity Majors publishes "Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob," a framework for when AI involvement is additive versus a violation, drawn from her company's internal AI Norms and Values research.
She describes a company split in two: half furious at AI slop — twenty-page padded docs, replies starting with "Claude says..." — feeling their attention was abused; the other half delivering better outcomes faster and annoyed at colleagues who never updated workflows. One side wants AI use limited, the other mandated.
What bothered her most was how often people said it felt "dehumanizing": workers no longer felt human connection with coworkers, which is new. The essay explores the norms and ethics behind that.
Related event: Honeycomb CTO Reveals Company Split Over AI Slop(2 posts)→
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