AI slop is poisoning trust in text, READMEs and profiles

In the OpenDLSS thread, a Vulkan reimplementation of Nvidia's DLSS 5 network, the first comment complains that the main README is LLM-generated and asks if the author lacks time to explain their own work. The Ask HN about adding a flag for AI-generated articles runs into the same wall: AI checkers aren't reliable, voting can be gamed, and HN's guidelines already say not to post generated or AI-edited text. A Cliff Stoll thread ("Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated") covers an AI-written obituary and ends with people asking how we know the post isn't an AI simulation of him.

LinkedIn Larpmaxxing shows the human version of the same disease. Commenters say LinkedIn is more performative than Instagram, "saturated like a benchmark," and that 4chan is more life-affirming. Performative, generated content is the default feed, and the cost of faking effort has dropped to zero.

The counterpoint: one commenter says anti-AI stigma got so strong on Lobsters that they no longer felt welcome even though they don't use LLMs to write. Detection is hard, and false accusations are a real cost.