Re: The Slopification of the CCG

pá 24. 4. 2026 v 14:50 odesílatel Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
napsal:

> On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 2:01 AM Marcus Engvall <marcus@engvall.email>
> wrote:
> > The point of considered writing is to structure and formulate your ideas
> and intent well enough so that they can be effectively received,
> comprehended, and potentially acted on by your counterparty.
> ...
> > It seems to me that authors who expect their audience to use an AI to
> understand their original prose or their LLM-generated treatises have
> either abdicated responsibility of properly formulating and structuring
> their ideas for wider distribution
>
> Yes, exactly this ^^^. I've been trying to think of a way to say this
> in the current thread and Marcus has absolutely nailed it above.
>
> We spend *months to years* trying to tease out the right architecture,
> and then the words and prose to clearly articulate those concepts and
> guidance in these specifications. We argue, with respect toward one
> another, A LOT, to get there.
>
> We end up taking that much time because "the stochastic norm" is
> exactly the wrong thing to do in many cases; we're trying to bring
> something cohesive into existence that has not existed before.
>
> Well done, Marcus -- IMHO, you've identified the core of the social
> norm that is broken when LLMs are used to generate reams of content to
> make an unworkable idea look legitimate by placing window dressing
> around it.
>
> We're here for considered ideas and writing, not to hear stochastic
> parrots regurgitate old ideas.
>

Let me add a data point. Around 75% of new work at Google is reportedly
generated by AI, up from 25% just 18 months ago.

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-ai-generated-code-75-gemini-agents-software-2026-4

This figure may be even higher for documentation and specification work.
Google is likely ahead of the curve, but the direction of travel is clear.

We can reasonably project a shift from AI supporting a minority of work to
powering the majority within 1–2 years.

I would also like to acknowledge Manu’s point about the careful work that
has gone into producing specifications to date. That body of work has
undoubtedly contributed to the training of LLMs.


>
> -- manu
>
> PS: I do think these stochastic parrots will evolve and overtake most,
> if not all, of us eventually... but that time is not now given what we
> seem to be collectively experiencing. Like any tool, we'll learn to
> use it better over time, norms will be established, and it might
> simultaneously provide great benefit and have the ability to destroy
> us all.
>
> --
> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> https://www.digitalbazaar.com/
>
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