Was looking something up and came across this web page with the most brilliantly useless writing advice I've ever seen.

https://thecontentauthority.com/blog/absorp-vs-absorb

#editing #English #AISlop

Absorp vs Absorb: When And How Can You Use Each One?

When it comes to the English language, it can be easy to get confused between similar words that have slightly different spellings or meanings. One such

The Content Authority
@libroraptor
A human probably had in mind "absorb" versus "adsorb" and accidentally had an AI write that completely useless page about "absorb" versus the non-existent "absorp".
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absorb
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adsorb
Definition of ABSORB

Definition of 'absorb' by Merriam-Webster

@dougmerritt ...and then posted it with the unwittingly ironic endorsement of his own personal brand – "Shawn Manaher, the content authority ... one part content manager, one part writing ninja organizer, and two parts leader of top content creators."

He doesn't claim to be literate :)

That said, AI generates work for me, at least from clients with enough natural intelligence to recognise how bad LLM output is.

@libroraptor
@libroraptor
We should ask him when he will finish comparisons with *all* nonexistent words!
@libroraptor Are we really ready for natural intelligence slop?