Matt Pocock Warns Against AI Slop

This is less a product take than a process warning: AI makes sloppy work cheaper to produce, but it also makes negligence easier to hide. Teams need explicit standards for review, testing, and ownership; AI-assisted code should face stricter verification, not looser standards, because plausible-looking output can mask subtle defects. The real failure mode is cultural: if people optimize for output volume, AI amplifies the worst parts of that behavior.