Honest opinion about AI

Reddit r/artificial / 4/21/2026

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The author, a developer, finds that using AI for tasks they already understand helps them build features much faster in day-to-day coding.
They report that when generating content in areas where they lack deep understanding—such as blog posts, demo videos, newsletters, and social media—the output often turns out sloppy or low quality (“AI slop”).
Overall, the author believes AI is here to stay and will not necessarily replace people, but may increase human value.
They argue it is important to “double down” on fundamentals by improving knowledge and expertise to use AI effectively and avoid poor results.

I'm a developer by profession, and I've used AI to generate stuff that I know how to do myself and also stuff I have no idea about.

Coding for my day to day using AI, I know exactly what to do and how to do it so i end up making features way faster than before.

But every time I try to generate something that i have no deep understanding about - like content for a blog or demo videos (remotion + 11labs), or newsletters or social media posts, I always end up making something sloppy (AI slop).

AI is here to stay, and instead of replacing people it might end up making people more valuable than before.

I think it's high time to double down on fundamentals and make ourselves more knowledgeable and valuable.

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