On Slop: April 2026

I’d like to preface with a disclaimer: I do think you should be using agentic tools and engaging with them. This is less a discussion about the tools themselves, and more about how you should go about using them (and a particularly sharp edge I see).

I’m writing this because slop is top of mind.

Yesterday I got a series of emails. The first one I received definitely had hallmarks of AI writing, but I was genuinely interested.