Reading AI slop costs an order of magnitude more energy than generating it
sebpaquet · x · 2026-10-03
User rmoff vents about the imbalance AI-generated content creates: it's a variation on Brandolini's law — the energy needed to actually read AI-generated bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than what it takes to prompt a "clanker" to produce it.
The post resonates as a pointed observation on the real cost of AI slop: generation is nearly free, but verification and reading keep getting more expensive.
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