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5 more controversial things about websites: AI Slop Edition
Five more things about websites I didn’t know were controversial. This time it’s all AI slop.
▶Play the video: 5 more controversial things about websites: AI Slop EditionFive quick ones. Use Lovable to build software in minutes and it’ll be minutes before it stops working and hacks your gran’s bank account. Use AI to write your website content in five minutes and you get generic slop. Use AI to make your images and they’re rubbish. Always. It gets the hands wrong.
Then the one people don’t expect from me. You can build a good website with AI. I’ve done it quite a few times. But it takes at least five years of being an actual web designer first, not five minutes of learning it.
The last one matters most. Clients don’t care about AI. They really don’t. Most of them have never even tried ChatGPT. Whether you build your website with AI or not makes no difference to them, as long as it’s a good website. That’s the only test that counts.
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His five more things about websites I didn't know were controversial until very recently AI slop edition. If you're using lovable to build software in minutes, it'll be minutes before it stops working and hacks your grand's bank account. Yes, it can take five minutes to write content on a website now with AI, but guess what happens when you do that? The content it generates is generic AI slop shite. Yep, and you can also make images with AI now for your website, too.
The problem is they're always rubbish. I mean, like always Please don't make images for your website with AI. They always get the hands wrong. You can actually build a good website with AI. I know I've done it quite a few times, but it requires at least five years of experience of being an actual web designer before you can do it.
Not just a broccoli head who learned it five minutes ago. And finally, and probably the most important, clients just don't care about AI. They really don't care. Most of them have never even tried using ChatGPT. So, whether you're building your website with AI or not, it don't really matter as long as it's a good website.