It Must Be Me
AI is Making Medium Sloppy
Enough of the fake photos intended as click bait. The medium, Medium, I thought was for the medium of writing, not click-baiting?
It’s enough that YouTube had to go nuclear on the AI slop, and took that opportunity to sift (filter out) many thousands of very small YouTubers, but I was hoping that house cleaning would set an example for formats, like Medium, to avoid this slippery slope. It doesn’t look like it.
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If you are a writer, and you think you “hung the moon,” go ahead and hire a professional photographer or illustrator to do your imagery. I mean, put your money where your mouth is, why don’t you!
For Example: “I need an illustration. it is for the website “Medium” and my story is about AI slop on the Medium writing website. Illustrate AI Slop on Medium” — was the prompt.
And here’s what we have -
