You can just say it | Hacker News

Hacker News users debated whether people would rather receive the original AI prompt than a polished AI-written email.

The thread broadened into questions of authenticity, with many saying AI output can feel impersonal or misleading.

Commenters also argued over labor value, worrying that AI may replace human work without preserving the meaning of authorship.

Another theme was ownership: some compared machine-generated output to free-culture ideas, while others raised copyright and intellectual property concerns.

The discussion drew a line between “AI slop” and genuinely useful AI-assisted work.