Running email servers before spam filters: the attention war in the AI slop era
charles_irl · x · 2026-09-27
A widely shared quip from developer Charles: messaging channels today are like email servers before spam filters were invented — middling generative AI has flipped the offense/defense balance in the war for attention, so he's simply ignoring the channel.
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