Designer: AI decks in minutes made everyone think they're good — most output is slop
dreamwieber · x · 2026-09-27
A designer argues that a 20-slide deck used to take hours, and those hours meant everything was thoughtful, crafted and scrutinized — in skilled hands it produced breakthrough work. AI now does it in minutes, making everyone "think" they are good, but it's getting tired fast; he estimates >50% of such output is slop. He concedes slides were always kinda slop, though.
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