A 1980s Airline Repair guide may be a cure for AI Slop
How a 30 year old reduced English standard applies to LLM tech writing today
In the last few days I’ve been rather fixated on this YouTube video called “The cure for AI slop is a 1986 aircraft manual”. If you like more of a narrative, pause here and watch the video.
First, a bit of context… Simplified Technical English has its starts going all the way back to the 1930s with “Basic English” and later the 1970s with CFE, Caterpillar Technical English and Kodak International Service Language (KISL). Per the CFE documentation:
Posted by Isaac on Thursday, August 6, 2026
