A few strong opinions about AI
A few strong opinions about AIAugust 5, 2026I’ve been thinking about AI for a while now, since I am increasingly being surrounded by AI tools at work, with Microsoft adding a Copilot button everywhere I look. What inspired me to write here was the recent controversy within the Blaugust community about the use of AI-generated images and text. And I knew about this controversy after reading Andreas’ post: Are we becoming too paranoid about AI slop?
- ▪A few strong opinions about AIAugust 5, 2026I’ve been thinking about AI for a while now, since I am increasingly being surrounded by AI tools at work, with Microsoft adding a Copilot button everywhere I look.
- ▪What inspired me to write here was the recent controversy within the Blaugust community about the use of AI-generated images and text.
- ▪And I knew about this controversy after reading Andreas’ post: Are we becoming too paranoid about AI slop?
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| Original publisher | Noisy Deadlines |
| Canonical URL | https://noisydeadlines.net/a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai |
| Publication time | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:54:43 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-12T17:11:37.332Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-12T17:11:37.332Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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A few strong opinions about AIAugust 5, 2026I’ve been thinking about AI for a while now, since I am increasingly being surrounded by AI tools at work, with Microsoft adding a Copilot button everywhere I look. But that’s a topic for another time. What inspired me to write here was the recent controversy within the Blaugust community about the use of AI-generated images and text. And I knew about this controversy after reading Andreas’ post: Are we becoming too paranoid about AI slop? And then the contribution to the topic by Joel: Not paranoid, but respectful. I read the Blaugust Statement “Use of AI as a Blaugust Participant” and I found it made total sense, allowing AI assistance but not using it to substantially generate text.
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