AI can write a clean @LinkedIn post, generate a hummable song, produce a perfectly structured memo, and make a McKinsey-like slide, It is fluent, smooth, tireless, often near perfect; an almost 10 out of 10.
The problem is that we may soon become sick of the 10 out of 10.
You can spot this AI slop from a mile away: the smooth opening line, the neat three lessons, the inspirational paragraph, the carefully balanced humility, the “here is what it taught me” ending.
It is grammatically correct and emotionally dead.
In response, humans have begun hunting for posts that are messy, opinionated, oddly structured, perhaps even badly punctuated, but unmistakably written by someone who has lived that thought.
The Japanese have wabi-sabi, the beauty of something that is impermanent, imperfect and incomplete, In India, we have the nazar battu, the small black spot on a baby's face. Perfect beauty feels dangerous, almost inhuman. Persian carpet makers were said to leave a flaw in their carpets because perfection belonged only to God. The flaw was not a failure, but a human signature.
In the @EconomicTimes yesterday, I wrote about how the peculiar quest for human imperfection may become the defining truth of the AI age.
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I am sharing this chart partially because it shows just how impressive the size of the Chinese manufacturing sector is but also because of the nice design choice.
"I'm honestly surprised we're still alive. I do not think this kind of air is suitable for human survival."
-- Dr Vijay Hadda, AIIMS Delhi's Lung Specialist, on Delhi's Air Pollution
Nvidia’s board has put in writing that US national security comes before the company and its shareholders. I have not seen a board say that before. Whatever the inquiry finds, Huang’s long push to sell more chips to China is over for now, and India should pay attention. My latest for @EconomicTimes ⬇️ @vineetjaintimes@sruthijith@j_bindra
https://t.co/katOnzDcwK
Blowing an Indian colleagues’ mind by explaining that “firangi” in Hindi and Punjabi, meaning foreigner, usually white, comes from Persian “farangi”, via Arabic “al Faranj”, meaning “the Franks” (French). A medieval catch all word for “Westerner” from the crusader era.
I feel nothing but pity watching the senseless trolls defending the Delhi's AQI.
I hope they know their children will grow up with stunted lung growth. Their parents will die preventable deaths from respiratory illnesses. How can they still not hold the government accountable?