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The shifting definition of AI 'slop'

Figma's Dylan Field says AI makes creative work more accessible but hasn't yet raised design's ceiling.

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In remarks shared by a16z, Figma's Dylan Field says AI is making it easier to create, but he hasn't seen it raise design's ceiling. He says AI works well when answers can be verified, while design has no single right answer. Field argues that some work called 'slop' today might not have received that label a month or two ago, and that craft reflects the thought and care behind the work.

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a16z@a16zFigma's Dylan Field says our definition of "slop" keeps silently moving: "I said, 'AI will lower the floor and raise the ceiling.' And I had to correct myself, because actually that's not what we're seeing yet." "We're seeing it lower the floor. It's more democratized to do something. But the ceiling doesn't seem to have changed." "Anything you can verify, AI's great at. Math being number one, maybe cybersecurity number two... You get five designers in a room, they can't agree all the time on exactly what they should do. And that's what's interesting about design. There is not one solution." "A lot of the stuff that we call slop wouldn't be stuff we'd call slop a month ago or two months ago. As the models change, our definition of slop changes." "The craft that you imbue into something is reflective of your thinking. It's reflective of your care. People pick up on it. Whether they can articulate it or not, they can tell." "It creates a lower bound that you have to exceed, but it doesn't define the upper bound. You define the ceiling." @zoink w/ @sophiadew on @MTSLive50m
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    a16z@a16zFigma's Dylan Field says our definition of "slop" keeps silently moving: "I said, 'AI will lower the floor and raise the ceiling.' And I had to correct myself, because actually that's not what we're seeing yet." "We're seeing it lower the floor. It's more democratized to do something. But the ceiling doesn't seem to have changed." "Anything you can verify, AI's great at. Math being number one, maybe cybersecurity number two... You get five designers in a room, they can't agree all the time on exactly what they should do. And that's what's interesting about design. There is not one solution." "A lot of the stuff that we call slop wouldn't be stuff we'd call slop a month ago or two months ago. As the models change, our definition of slop changes." "The craft that you imbue into something is reflective of your thinking. It's reflective of your care. People pick up on it. Whether they can articulate it or not, they can tell." "It creates a lower bound that you have to exceed, but it doesn't define the upper bound. You define the ceiling." @zoink w/ @sophiadew on @MTSLive50m
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