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I don't want to read what you didn't write

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  1. idreyn · · focus · HN ↗
    These last few days, there has been a small stream of blogposts on HN expressing similar things, and I have enjoyed them all.

    My question recently has been how to broach this subject with colleagues who really enjoy producing prose with AI. There is not yet a better cultural shorthand for this sort of thing than "slop" which is a harsh-sounding word and itself sort of a thought-terminating cliché. "I don't want to read what you didn't write" is maybe closer — but it needs a pithier and somewhat more encouraging encapsulation, like "I want to hear it from you".

    Has anyone had good experiences setting up professional boundaries or team norms around AI-written docs?

    1. jayd16 · · focus · HN ↗
      "Hey, the comments are too wordy. Can you clean it up so its only important information?"

      As much as you want to say "actually do your job, jackass." Being goal oriented has had the best results for me.

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