AI Industry Lowers Quality Standards When Hitting Capability Limits
A recurring pattern emerges where AI vendors promote lowering quality bars as a feature whenever their technology hits a capability wall. The community notes this started with code quality dismissal and has spread to design quality. This rhetorical strategy serves vendor interests while shifting blame for AI limitations onto product standards.
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