That predates AI and has more to do with the incentives baked into media, especially social media that’s all about “time on app” and “time on site” and therefore infinite scroll brain rot.

It does predate AI. AI makes it much faster though and can close the rot-loop.

Get off social media. It’s trash. It was trash before AI and it’s trash now.

HN is social media. And yes, let's get off it too. It's true.

Well, with writing it's more editors and lunches. That's how I got a book contract.