Mastodawn

The Society of Authors (UK) is helping launch this: an identifier for human-authored (i.e. non-AI) books: https://humanauthored.co.uk/

EDIT: aaaaaand they used AI-generated artwork 🤦🏻‍♂️

EDIT UPDATE: they ditched the AI-generated art. Good.

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In a world of generative AI, recognising human creativity is vital This is why we’re developing a Human Authored mark to enable all types of writers and literary translators to label their work as Human Authored. The scheme is set to launch on Tuesday, 10 March 2026 at 5pm GMT. Days Hours Minutes Seconds

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datarama Mar 10

@cstross This is how they get us.

Writers would never use AI-generated slop writing, but they'll happily use AI-generated slop imagery.
Artists would never use AI-generated slop imagery, but they'll happily display art to AI-generated slop music.
Musicians would never use AI-generated slop music, but they'll happily use AI-generated slop writing for lyrics.

(And nobody cares about AI-generated slop code.)

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Daniël Franke

Mar 10

@datarama @cstross I wish I could say that people cared about slop code, but too many devs are showing just how little they care about the quality of their work.

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Luisf

@ainmosni @datarama @cstross

I have seen firsthand how programmers get actively deskilled with slop code.

People I respected stopped being able to explain and justify the changes they pushed.
Because they did not remember. Because they did not write it.

ANYWAYS

https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de

"Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’"

Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages

Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’

Financial Times