"AI automation = slop, AI augmentation = super intelligence" — the line CEOs should see
jacob_posel · x · 2026-10-16
coreyepstein's one-liner, enthusiastically amplified by jacobposel ("please show this to your CEO"): AI Automation = Slop, AI Augmentation = Super Intelligence. Fully automated AI output tends to be low-quality filler, while using AI as an amplifier of human judgment is the path that actually compounds. A crisp take in the ongoing automation-vs-augmentation debate.
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