love this, going to use this skill, i was looking for a free tool/skill like this, found a browser named sinceerly for removing ai slop for emails only plus its not free. thanks again ❤️
these are good but as an avid, long-time writer, I have used some of these that are now labeled AI. Feel like I have been stripped of MY style based on everyone making assumptions that AI is writing for me. When you look at this list and take it ALL out, you are really settling for a flat or boring read. Shame, I feel a little screwed.
Interesting approach. One challenge I now have, and wonder if others do too, is that after reading "AI slop" for years (or what I've thought of as the new LinkedIn AI haiku) I've noticed my real writing tends to naturally fall in line.
Meaning I accidentally retrained my brain to write in AI slop. I'm now trying to untrain it with comments like these, but find the issue itself fascinating.
I've noticed the slop problem gets worse the further removed the writer is from the subject matter. When I'm editing docs on something I know cold, I catch the AI-isms instantly because they don't match how I'd actually phrase it. When it's a topic I'm less confident in, the slop sneaks through because I don't have a strong enough internal voice to compare against. Makes me think tools like this are most valuable exactly where writers are weakest, not where they're strongest.
I like where you've arrived with AI. It's very similar to how I've come to use it. I think of it as a more evolved use of AI. It's kind of like driving my six-speed Porsche Boxster with a manual transmission. It engages me in the process, and I remain in control instead of letting the machine make mindless choices.
I had already begun creating voice and style prompts to weed out AI slop, but found they weren't enough. I still needed a final pass to pull back the AI slickery that polished my prose toward the mean.
AI can make you lazy because, on the surface, it writes pleasing copy. Then you realize it's repeating the same patterns ad nauseam. That reminded me I'd already written nine books, more than 1,000 blog posts, and spent over 20 years writing mostly without human editors, and only spell check.
That changed my mindset. I started using AI as a really smart editor and occasional brainstorming partner instead of a writer. That's turned out to be the best use of the technology for me.
To have a skill is good, but having this as a directive at the system level will take care of the issue across your agents and projects. You dont have to keep asking for it (and remember it). The instructions and specs of the ai no slop built into a directive, just applies it across the board. That's how I use it.
This looks great. I had a simple version of this tool but will give yours a go! I like the first and last 25% argument a lot. 👌
great read. appreciate the honesty and the open sourcing. 🔥🔥🔥
love this, going to use this skill, i was looking for a free tool/skill like this, found a browser named sinceerly for removing ai slop for emails only plus its not free. thanks again ❤️
Boom you're welcome!
Thanks for posting this. There were several things in there that my current quality prompt didn’t have. Very useful additions.
these are good but as an avid, long-time writer, I have used some of these that are now labeled AI. Feel like I have been stripped of MY style based on everyone making assumptions that AI is writing for me. When you look at this list and take it ALL out, you are really settling for a flat or boring read. Shame, I feel a little screwed.
It's ok I use em dashes all the time still, AI be damned!
Interesting approach. One challenge I now have, and wonder if others do too, is that after reading "AI slop" for years (or what I've thought of as the new LinkedIn AI haiku) I've noticed my real writing tends to naturally fall in line.
Meaning I accidentally retrained my brain to write in AI slop. I'm now trying to untrain it with comments like these, but find the issue itself fascinating.
You can unlearn bad habits by just being yourself.
It's now a battle of AI vs AI on substack to try and sound and detect what is human. Pretty fascinating.
I've noticed the slop problem gets worse the further removed the writer is from the subject matter. When I'm editing docs on something I know cold, I catch the AI-isms instantly because they don't match how I'd actually phrase it. When it's a topic I'm less confident in, the slop sneaks through because I don't have a strong enough internal voice to compare against. Makes me think tools like this are most valuable exactly where writers are weakest, not where they're strongest.
I like where you've arrived with AI. It's very similar to how I've come to use it. I think of it as a more evolved use of AI. It's kind of like driving my six-speed Porsche Boxster with a manual transmission. It engages me in the process, and I remain in control instead of letting the machine make mindless choices.
I had already begun creating voice and style prompts to weed out AI slop, but found they weren't enough. I still needed a final pass to pull back the AI slickery that polished my prose toward the mean.
AI can make you lazy because, on the surface, it writes pleasing copy. Then you realize it's repeating the same patterns ad nauseam. That reminded me I'd already written nine books, more than 1,000 blog posts, and spent over 20 years writing mostly without human editors, and only spell check.
That changed my mindset. I started using AI as a really smart editor and occasional brainstorming partner instead of a writer. That's turned out to be the best use of the technology for me.
Both the work and I are better for it.
To have a skill is good, but having this as a directive at the system level will take care of the issue across your agents and projects. You dont have to keep asking for it (and remember it). The instructions and specs of the ai no slop built into a directive, just applies it across the board. That's how I use it.
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Thanks Peter! Very useful skill.