It’s not complicated - the default style signals low effort. Why should I get excited about the village fete if the organizers put in the barest minimum of effort?
But there’s another reason it drives people crazy - it’s low effort trying to present as high effort. If the sign was simple Comic Sans then it would at least be charmingly honest.
This week, I created a video for a personal project using AI.
And, as the creator, I honestly can not say if it's "slop or not."
So I created a "behind the scenes" page that shows the process I went through before final cut, warts and all. You can find it at <a href="https://alexisrondeau.me/mosey-site/making-of/" rel="nofollow">https://alexisrondeau.me/mosey-site/making-of/
Do you think this helps you decide if it's slop or not?
You might be a little too close to the work to judge, but to me it still looks off. I suppose I might not immediately think it was AI, but there's something not quite human about it. The video contents are a little too sterile and clean, lacking character. The room is quite empty and the composition doesn't cause me to focus on any one thing. That said, you could probably improve a bit of it with some prompting.
The making-of post itself also is clearly LLM generated, probably by Claude, judging by the language used.
JSR_FDED · · focus · HN ↗
But there’s another reason it drives people crazy - it’s low effort trying to present as high effort. If the sign was simple Comic Sans then it would at least be charmingly honest.
interleave · · focus · HN ↗
This week, I created a video for a personal project using AI.
And, as the creator, I honestly can not say if it's "slop or not."
So I created a "behind the scenes" page that shows the process I went through before final cut, warts and all. You can find it at <a href="https://alexisrondeau.me/mosey-site/making-of/" rel="nofollow">https://alexisrondeau.me/mosey-site/making-of/
Do you think this helps you decide if it's slop or not?
allenu · · focus · HN ↗
The making-of post itself also is clearly LLM generated, probably by Claude, judging by the language used.