The Key Takeaways Slide Is Enough: Audiences Have Already Judged Your Effort
aakashgupta · x · 2026-10-16
The poster observes that a closing Key Takeaways slide is often enough — the room has already decided how much effort went into the deck by that point. This partly explains why AI-generated decks look alike: models default to the most common choices.
Combined with the Duke study he quotes (AI users rated as lazier), decks are where AI use gets exposed.
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