Dev.to is 90% misleading and dangerous AI generated content.

Open any of the top posts on your feed on dev.to and then run the text through an AI detector such as Quillbot. The rough pattern that I've noticed is that over 90% of the content on this site is completely AI generated. What's wrong with that, and why is it dangerous? The content is sometimes wrong in the worst possible way Sure, the LLM's have gotten good enough that they rarely hallucinate when prompted on dev-related topics. But the slop is only as good as the prompt. Consider this garbage article on how to host a static website on ec2. Follow the tutorial and it will work. But it completely misses the point that nobody should ever host a static website on ec2. So, we have an article that is technically correct, yet completely wrong and dangerous for the impressionable newbie developer. (And now I'm sure some other lazy "content creator" will prompt an article on why you shouldn't use ec2 to host a static fucking site

Feb 21, 2025 - 19:31

Dev.to is 90% misleading and dangerous AI generated content.

Open any of the top posts on your feed on dev.to and then run the text through an AI detector such as Quillbot. The rough pattern that I've noticed is that over 90% of the content on this site is completely AI generated.

What's wrong with that, and why is it dangerous?

The content is sometimes wrong in the worst possible way

Sure, the LLM's have gotten good enough that they rarely hallucinate when prompted on dev-related topics. But the slop is only as good as the prompt. Consider this garbage article on how to host a static website on ec2. Follow the tutorial and it will work. But it completely misses the point that nobody should ever host a static website on ec2. So, we have an article that is technically correct, yet completely wrong and dangerous for the impressionable newbie developer. (And now I'm sure some other lazy "content creator" will prompt an article on why you shouldn't use ec2 to host a static fucking site