Simon Willison: a 'good' AI comment is still a bad comment
emollick · x · 2026-10-30
Replying to a discussion, Simon Willison argues that even a "good" AI-generated comment is still a bad comment: any time you spend thinking about and replying to it is wasted when there's no human at the other end of that effort.
Ethan Mollick shared the take in agreement. The point cuts to the core problem of AI content flooding social comment sections — the value of interaction comes from a real person on the other side, and polished AI replies only drain human attention.
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