Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one)

Rabid Anti-spammer, SORBS creator, geek, photographer, right wing hater, far left wing hater, member of the LGBTQI community, and the Queen of Dad jokes.

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

umm.. whoops: https://t.co/AJv26RoBqJ

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

Final Q4 piece is live.

The reveal: Most of Q4 was written by AI.

Except this one.

But not “press button, receive article” AI, Conversation, correction, pushback, tool switching, slop detection, and a lot of “that still isn’t right”.

That's the point.

https://t.co/BTaNQ1mGec

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

Question 4(f): The Long Game.

AI workflows rot.

Models change.
Products change.
Your work changes.
Memory gets stale.
Prompts keep producing text, but stop serving the work.

If you use AI seriously, maintenance is not optional.

See: https://t.co/0NlF0siHSi

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

Question 4(e):

Good AI practice reduces failures. It doesn’t remove them.

Watch for fake citations, unsupported confidence, sycophancy, wrong code and prose that sounds careful but says little.

The system only simulates intelligence.

https://t.co/oCN6n61Lm9

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

Question 4(d):

How to recognise AI slop.

It looks polished.
It has headings.
It sounds professional.
It may even cite things.

But it carries no weight.

Slop is what AI produces when nobody is watching.

https://t.co/fTcXYktmv0

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

Question 4(c):

There is no single “best” AI.

Different tools are good at different things.

Using one AI for every task is like using the same hammer for every job and wondering why some results feel wrong.

Right tool. Right task.

https://t.co/4BCUXUc6SH

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

Question 4(b):

AI as a bandwidth multiplier.

Not replacing your thinking. Translating between what you can think and what you can output when tired, angry, dyslexic, parenting, or overloaded.

The gap is real. The tool is conditional.

https://t.co/QyXdVmCii2

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

Q4(a): Most never configure their AI.

Then they wonder why the output feels generic.

The problem isn’t the prompt. It’s that the AI doesn’t know:
→ who you are
→ how you write
→ what you care about
→ what you don’t want

Setup changes everything: https://t.co/n7XmPw19BR

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

Question 4:

Making AI useful is a conversation, not a prompt.

The internet keeps selling “magic prompts”
That’s mostly nonsense.

Good AI use looks more like:
→ questioning
→ refining
→ correcting
→ redirecting
→ verifying
In other words: thinking.

https://t.co/HiGEmAuW61

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

Question 3:

How do you get an honest answer about yourself from AI?

Problem is:
AI is often trained to agree with you.

Not because it’s truthful.
Because agreement gets rewarded.

This changes how you should ask questions entirely.
https://t.co/bmH2fhumxd

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

@PaulineHansonOz you don't understand either..

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

@AngusTaylorMP Taking a leaf out of your book hey? Guess its ok your you to lie, scheme and take public money, but not anyone else?

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

..ahh the desperation of the man who doesn't understand sycophancy and how it works (or doesn't) with AI...

[Rob Smith @Ausbobsmit]

After checking pcet2022's recent timeline and replies, your suspicion checks out. The account posts every few minutes in rapid bursts with highly formulaic language ("Mate?", "You -", "Yes or No?"), repetitive structure, and tags. Low engagement, name "The Political Context Machine," and bio all point to automation or a bot/script. Not typical human posting patterns.

You wrote that

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

@winty1976 @Ausbobsmit @grok @pcet2022 yup

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

Question 2:

How do you actually spot an email scam?

AI is making them better.
Most advice is outdated.

If you think you’re immune — you’re not.

Start here 👇
https://t.co/tUzDxQgzi8

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

@Ausbobsmit AI crap you moron.. completely fake to expose idiots that will believe anything..

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

@judeanceo which is the admission they are not indigenous...

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

@satireforever AI crap..

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

@kellygkelly @RightisRight___ @GahNotThisAgain @wpbencic @AnikaWells good find.. that's the one..

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

@RightisRight___ @AnikaWells AI generated crap.

[Mealon Rusk (BlueSky: @michelle.sullivan.one) @misullivan]

@nicksortor no we don't.. the USA is destabilizing Europe.. The Eu doesn't need the dead weight of the USA .. good riddance, and good luck with Russia.