Comment by mergy
18 hours ago
They are awful often for me. Examples - recommending installation of packages and software that doesn't exist, or settings changes that don't exist I In applications, etc. They fill the page but it's sadly noise so it cheapens the whole experience when I would have just preferred a link to a page from a person that knows what the hell they are talking about.
> recommending installation of packages and software that doesn't exist
"slopsquatting" is the term coined for this.
Essentially, bad actors are registering these packages and uploading malware. If you happen to just blindly follow the AI, there's a chance your system gets infected.