Comment by imiric
3 months ago
Not all "AI"-generated content can be categorized as "slop". "Slop" has a specific meaning, usually associated with spam and low-effort content. What Kagi News is doing is summarizing news articles from different sources, and applying a custom structure and format. It is a branded product supported by a reputable company, not a low-effort spam site.
I'm a firm skeptic of the current hype around this technology, but I think it is foolish to think that it doesn't have good applications. Summarizing text content is one such use case, and IME the chances for the LLM to produce wrong content or hallucinate are very small. I've used Kagi News a number of times over the past few months, and I haven't spotted any content issues, aside from the tone and structure not quite matching my personal preferences.
Kagi is one of the few companies that is pragmatic about the positive and negative aspects of "AI", and this new feature is well aligned with their vision. It is unfair to criticize them for this specifically.
> "Slop" has a specific meaning, usually associated with spam and low-effort content.
Slop means different things to different people. And anything not human reviewed is low effort in my view.