{"slug": "a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai", "title": "A few strong opinions about AI", "summary": "Noisy Deadlines, a blogger participating in Blaugust 2026, argues that AI-generated images and text lack human artistry and constitute 'slop,' citing systemic harms that outweigh benefits. The author supports the Blaugust Statement, which permits AI-generated images accompanying human-written articles but rejects posts whose sole creative element is AI-generated. The blogger uses AI only for proofreading due to English not being their native language.", "body_md": "## A few strong opinions about AI\n\nI’ve been thinking about AI for a while now, since I am increasingly being surrounded by AI tools at work, with Microsoft adding a Copilot button everywhere I look. But that’s a topic for another time.\n\nWhat inspired me to write here was the recent controversy within the Blaugust community about the use of AI-generated images and text. And I knew about this controversy after reading Andreas’ post: ** Are we becoming too paranoid about AI slop? **And then the contribution to the topic by Joel:\n\n**.**\n\n[Not paranoid, but respectful](https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/not-paranoid-but-respectful/)I read the Blaugust Statement ** “Use of AI as a Blaugust Participant”** and I found it made total sense, allowing AI assistance but not using it to substantially generate text. I believe most bloggers cherish the writing craft: having an idea, a thought, an emotion and putting it all into words for other human beings to read.\n\nI occasionally will use AI to “proofread” a text that I wrote to catch grammar and vocabulary mistakes, since English is not my native language. Other than that, I avoid using AI chatbots. I don’t like chatting with them. And that’s just me, **I think the systemic harms these tools are causing to our society greatly outweigh the benefits right now.**\n\nIt seems the real Blaugust controversy was about the use of generative AI images. The [Blaugust Statement](https://nerdgirlthoughts.game.blog/2026/07/15/blaugust-2026-is-coming/) actually accepts the use of some AI-generated images:\n\nAn AI-generated image accompanying a human-written article is acceptable; a post whose only substantive creative element is an AI-generated image would not meet the spirit of the event.\n\nAnd that’s okay, since the main work is focused on the text, not on the image itself.\n\n**Now some strong opinions.**\n\nAs of today, I don’t consider that AI-generated images with the use of prompts are human art. Or craftsmanship. Or anything that can be considered art by human standards. There is no soul behind it; there is no human brain that made big or small deliberate choices to craft that image. It’s like using a slot machine to randomly generate something. Can that be considered an artistic choice?\n\nMaybe these artifacts will become something different in the future, but today I feel that AI-generated content, be it image or text, is slop. I don’t like it when I see it; I can recognize this uncanny feel to it, and I basically avoid it at all costs.\n\nAnd that’s just my personal stand at the moment. I have the power to choose what I consume online, and I just stay away from places or services that “serve” this type of content.\n\n—\n\n*Note: I didn’t have time to proofread this with an AI tool before posting, so all mistakes are my own.*\n\nPost 03 of [#Blaugust](https://noisydeadlines.net/tag:Blaugust) [#NoisyMusings](https://noisydeadlines.net/tag:NoisyMusings) [#AI](https://noisydeadlines.net/tag:AI)\n\nThoughts? [Discuss...](https://remark.as/p/noisydeadlines.net/a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai) if you have a Write.as account or [Reply by email](mailto:noisydeadlines@fastmail.com?subject=Reply%20to%20blog%20post)\n\n[By Noisy Deadlines](https://noisydeadlines.net/about)*Minimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai", "canonical_source": "https://noisydeadlines.net/a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai", "published_at": "2026-08-12 16:54:43+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-12 17:13:07.862603+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Noisy Deadlines", "Blaugust", "Microsoft", "Andreas", "Joel"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-few-strong-opinions-about-ai.jsonld"}}