John-Paul FlintoffMar 2

https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/02/nonconsensual-slopping/

“a fatal flaw in the idea that we will increase our productivity by asking chatbots to summarize things we don't understand: by definition, if we don't understand a subject, then we won't be qualified to evaluate the summary, either.”

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Pluralistic: No one wants to read your AI slop (02 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadGerman VidalMar 2
@johnpaulflintoff I don't quite understand the criticism. In fact, it could apply to summaries in general. And yet, I find summaries very useful. It's not about fully understanding them, but rather that they contain a minimum amount of information so I can decide if I'm interested in the topic and whether to read the full text or not. That's all I ask of a summary. @pluralistic
Show threadAaron

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I haven't read the article as I have limited time this morning, but I would say the problem comes in when you are using summaries to steer a complex process. That's higher stakes than, "Am I interested in this?"

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