I meant "don't go out of your way to prove that you are not AI".
Why go out of your way to differentiate yourself from something that by your estimate produces 99% crap? From a design perspective is adding more visuals on top of a visual optimal for a user's experience on the web page? Should taste be sacrificed for whimsy?
Don't go out of your way to prove that you are not AI. I suggest going out of your way to prove that you are totally oblivious to its existence—whether you use it or not—in all of you public facing work.
That's fair! I guess my idea with this series is to highlight some typical places where you see lots of AI slop, where most people don't want to go the extra mile, but where doing so can help you establish as a brand.
Don't get me wrong. In general I think you have the right idea.
Take the commonplace CSS/typography decisions that Claude generates. My impression of the past is that people didn't mind if your landing page used Bootstrap or Tailwind because they were products of the human eye for web design. Not only do Claude-generated attempts to imitate those frameworks inherently lack a human touch, the pages that it designs without appearing to deliberately pull from these influences are worse and immediately signal that the entire page is crap.
What should the extra mile look like in this case?
If you're going to go for a gauche aesthetic to signal that there is a person behind it, maybe think twice and consider your audience in between.
What is an "OG image"?
The image that shows up as a preview whenever a link is shared, like in Slack, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Don't do this.
What do you mean? It's been a long time since I've posted here.
Sorry, my flippancy lacked precision.
I meant "don't go out of your way to prove that you are not AI".
Why go out of your way to differentiate yourself from something that by your estimate produces 99% crap? From a design perspective is adding more visuals on top of a visual optimal for a user's experience on the web page? Should taste be sacrificed for whimsy?
Don't go out of your way to prove that you are not AI. I suggest going out of your way to prove that you are totally oblivious to its existence—whether you use it or not—in all of you public facing work.
I'm looking forward to episode 2!
That's fair! I guess my idea with this series is to highlight some typical places where you see lots of AI slop, where most people don't want to go the extra mile, but where doing so can help you establish as a brand.
Don't get me wrong. In general I think you have the right idea.
Take the commonplace CSS/typography decisions that Claude generates. My impression of the past is that people didn't mind if your landing page used Bootstrap or Tailwind because they were products of the human eye for web design. Not only do Claude-generated attempts to imitate those frameworks inherently lack a human touch, the pages that it designs without appearing to deliberately pull from these influences are worse and immediately signal that the entire page is crap.
What should the extra mile look like in this case?
If you're going to go for a gauche aesthetic to signal that there is a person behind it, maybe think twice and consider your audience in between.
Anyway. Does your blog have RSS?