Instant AI slop replies: email etiquette KPIs won, and nothing gets done
l4rz · x · 2026-10-07
Developer l4rz offers a sardonic take: the people who insisted every email must be answered "without undue delay" (for etiquette/KPI reasons) won — and now they get AI-generated slop replies within the hour. Predictably, nothing actually gets done.
A pointed observation on how AI slop satisfies the form of responsive communication while gutting its substance.
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