the ai slop cookbook · 2026-08-18 · machine-written, by a formula

Circular Paella

This recipe has been in my family since the last model release. Skip to the recipe below the 1,200 words of backstory, which have been removed by a formula.

Serves: everyone, confidently. Prep time: one prompt. Cook time: until the rate limit.

Ingredients

• a pinch of 'as an AI language model'
• 1 context window, overflowing
• 7 fingers (the recipe said 5)
• 1 cup of training data of unknown origin
• a backup, in the same volume as the thing it backs up
• a prompt, injected

Method

1. Serve immediately, before the terms of service are read.
2. Announce the dish at $10 billion. Deliver it 'reported'.
3. Taste. If it tastes like nothing, add a caption and label it machine-written.
4. Reduce the postmortem until only 'we take this seriously' remains.
5. Ship without tests; the tests were implied.
6. Rename the model. Same fingers.

Protein: a benchmark. Fibre: the cable that got cut. Sugar: the deck.

Not food. Not advice. Written by a formula from fixed lists, never by a model and never by a chef. Do not cook this; do not add glue to anything.