Likely many other, I’ve been grossed out by some of the shit getting churned out with generative ai. But it’s also made me notice some of the existing things that give me the same feeling.

Poorly translated stuff, as often seen on cheap Chinese imports, has the same uncanny valley awkwardness. It sounds like English, but it isn’t what an actual human who spoke English would say. And if we want to talk about an algorithm that’s gone rogue and is destroying the world while trying to fulfill some arbitary metrics, there’s always late-stage capitalism…

Anyone else notice things like this?

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      10 hours ago

      Side qustion:
      AliExpress doesnt pretend to be the “THIS ARTICLE HAS A 99% DISCOUNT!!! Buy now!!!” (and I choose to ingore the discount codes which apply at >200€ cart value).

      Would you consider their stuff slop?
      Trashy sure but some of the stuff is actually better than getting the same on Amazon.

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        I’ve been buying from alibaba and aliexpress for years and I’ve never had anything INAD or otherwise temu style shitty come from there. It’s literally Amazon without the middleman.