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"You say you only used AI for placeholder text, but in that text was a response from the AI saying 'here's a revised version'. Here's what I don't understand - why revise placeholder text? You see my problem? It just doesn't make sense to me. Why revise something nobody was meant to see, unless..."

Chair of the Sewer Maintenance Board

@sidewalkslam.bsky.social

1 July 2025

Why do people need AI for placeholder text when lipsum generators exist and have for 30 years. I coded one in like 2001 and I was 8. Like, there's no excuse

Dan Whitehead

@danwhitehead.net

They're not using it for placeholder text. That's the point. They're using it for text, and then going "Oh, that was just placeholder left in by mistake" when they get caught out.

1/7/25, 10:06 am2 reposts114 likes

Mr Nimmo

@nimmo1492.bsky.social

1 July 2025

It's the AI slop version of the "my account was hacked" excuse.