AI Criticism

A writer argues that criticism of AI-generated content relies on an idealized, unrealistic standard of human output, pointing out that most human-created code, advertisements, and media are already low-quality "slop." The piece contends that AI tools like Claude Code can produce better code than the vast majority of human developers, and that industries from advertising to film have long been dominated by lazy, derivative work. The author calls for honesty about the poor quality of most human output before condemning AI for producing similar results.