"They can copy the point but not the vector": on originality in the slop-cloning era
vinvan · x · 2026-11-08
jsngr reflects that while AI lets anyone "slop clone" anything, you can only copy a point in time — not the seed of original ideas or the dedicated pursuit behind them. Quoting tylerangert's line "they can copy the point but not the vector," the thread captures why the trajectory and intent behind a product remain hard to replicate even when its current form is trivially cloneable.
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