--- title: Write Drunk, Edit Sober: Creating Generative Content... description: A conference talk transcript arguing against uncritical use of LLMs for writing, coining the approach 'write drunk, edit sober.' The speaker identifies... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/write-drunk-edit-sober-creating-generative-content-responsibly---matthijs-van-der-veer-66jegrufo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Write Drunk, Edit Sober: Creating Generative Content Responsibly - Matthijs van der Veer | daily.dev og:description: A conference talk transcript arguing against uncritical use of LLMs for writing, coining the approach 'write drunk, edit sober.' The speaker identifies... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/write-drunk-edit-sober-creating-generative-content-responsibly---matthijs-van-der-veer-66jegrufo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/66jegrUfO.png og:image:alt: Write Drunk, Edit Sober: Creating Generative Content Responsibly - Matthijs van der Veer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Write Drunk, Edit Sober: Creating Generative Content Responsibly - Matthijs van der Veer **[NDC Conferences](https://daily.dev/sources/ndc)** · 56 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A conference talk transcript arguing against uncritical use of LLMs for writing, coining the approach 'write drunk, edit sober.' The speaker identifies telltale signs of AI-generated content (em dashes, emojis, bold text, words like 'delve' and 'in an era'), explains the psychology of automation bias, and demonstrates a GitHub-based tool called Mandrean Muse that generates conference abstracts from structured intent prompts, then uses deterministic NLP (spaCy lemmatization) and a tropes-based checker (Slop Slurp) to flag AI slop patterns. Key argument: intent must come first, LLMs diffuse rather than concentrate meaning, and developers should use deterministic code over LLM recommendations wherever possible to preserve authenticity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Is This Slop? 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