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How Does AI Slop Affect Medium Writers?
Sharing my personal experience.
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With the rise of ChatGPT, AI-generated content has become widespread across the internet, significantly impacting blogging platforms, especially Medium.
To illustrate this, here’s an example: the following article was created by ChatGPT in response to the request, “Write an 800-word article: ‘How to Succeed Software Hustle.’”
At first glance, the content seems OK, doesn’t it?
However, its value is inherently limited (that’s why is called Slop) because this content is accessible to everyone. True success lies in standing out from the crowd. Successful individuals often have mentors who provide genuine wisdom gained through real-world experience.
From another perspective, a child could produce dozens of articles like the above daily using ChatGPT. This has significantly saturated the writing market.
