If code is full of AI slop, wait until AI touches the physical world
pwlot · x · 2026-11-05
A short but pointed observation: the digital world and human code are already full of slop easily discoverable by AI—and once AI gets its hands on the physical world, physical-world slop will dwarf it. A half-joking big-picture take on scaling AI into reality.
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