'Most People Just Want Slop': Techies Keep Misreading What Normies Want From AI
max_paperclips · x · 2026-09-30
A widely shared take: the techie class keeps failing to understand that most people have no agency — they don't want to build things or think, and they don't want to 'make their own videogames with a prompt' or 'make their own homepage.'
The quoted original post likens today's 'normies will all build apps' hype to the early-internet hype that 'everyone can build their own homepage,' calling both equally detached from reality. The conclusion: they want slop.
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